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Question 1

amendment

Answer 1

a change added to a bill, law, or constitution

Question 2

antifedealists

Answer 2

those who favoured strong state governments and a weak national government were opponednts of the constituion propsed at teh amercian contuitonal convention

Question 3

articles of confederation

Answer 3

americas first written constution; served as the basis for america’s national governemnt until 1789

Question 4

bicameral

Answer 4

haveing legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses, distngused from unicmaeral

Question 5

bill of rights

Answer 5

the first 10 amendments of the constution, ratifed in 1791, ensure rights and libiters of the people

Question 6

checks and balances

Answer 6

mechaninsma through which each branch of government is able to particpate in and influence the activites of the other branches. major examples include presdienatl veto, power of congresinal legstalition.

Question 7

confederation

Answer 7

a system of government in which states retain sovereign authority except for the powers expressly delegated tot he national government.

Question 8

elastic clause

Answer 8

article one section 8, declares that congress can write laws needed to carry out its expressed powers, providing congress with the authroity to make all laws, necessary and proper to do so

Question 9

electoral college

Answer 9

the electors from each state who meet after the popular election to cast ballots for president and vice president

Question 10

expressed powers

Answer 10

specific powers granted by the constutuion to congress and the preident

Question 11

federalism

Answer 11

a system of government in which power is divided b a constution, between the central govenrment, and regional govenrment.

Question 12

federalist papers

Answer 12

a series of essays written by james maddison , hamilton, and john jay, supporting the ratification of the constution

Question 13

federalists

Answer 13

faovured a strong national government and supportd the constution

Question 14

great compromise

Answer 14

the agreement reached at teh constitutional convention. gave each state an eual number of senators regardless of its population, b chnaged hous to be reprsentedby population

Question 15

judicial review

Answer 15

the power of the courts to reiview and if necessary, declare actions of the legistaive and excevitve branches invalid or unconstuituonal.

Question 16

limited government

Answer 16

a principal of constitutonal govenrment; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a consrtutuin

Question 17

new jersey plan

Answer 17

introdcued by william paterson, that called for equal state represnetation in the national legistailve regardless of population

Question 18

supremecy clause

Answer 18

1. constutuion, 2. laws passed by congress, 3. treaties raitifed by government

Question 19

articel 6

Answer 19

1. debt will be paid, 2. supreme law of land, 3. no rlelgion test, 4. oath

Question 20

amending propsal

Answer 20

2/3 of house + 2/3 of senate, 27/27

Question 21

other propsal

Answer 21

2/3 of state leg call congres to call an convention.

Question 22

ratification

Answer 22

3/4 of state leg 26/27

Question 23

ratifaction other way

Answer 23

3/4 special ratifcation conventions, 1/27, which is 21st amendment