Name: ______________________________________ Level 1.1 Notes PowerPoint
Directions: Fill in the blanks as you go through the PowerPoint to complete the notes.
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles of the Constitution
1. Federalism:
 a system of government that ____________________________ between a
__________________ government and _________________________
Enumerated and Reserved Powers
Federal Government
 Regulate interstate and
Federal and State
Governments
Concurrent (“Shared”)
Powers
 Make and collect taxes
foreign ______________
 Make laws for
citizenship
 Start ____________
 Take property for
public use
 Make _______________
 Make post offices
 Make federal
 ___________________
 Enforce the laws
Enumerated Powers
____________________
 Declare _____________
 Raise and support
military
 Pass laws necessary and
proper for carrying out
their powers
 Make ______________
 Provide for the general
welfare
State Governments
Reserved Powers
 Make qualifications of
voters
 Provide for
______________________
 Make marriage and divorce
laws
 Control _______________
in the state
 Have _________________
 Make local governments
 Provide for
______________________
and morals
Prohibited Powers (Not Allowed)
Federal Government
•
Powers Denied Federal
Government
Suspend the
Federal and State
Governments
Powers Denied Federal and
State Governments
• Pass
_______________________
(having to be tried in court
before imprisonment)
•
•
•
_______________________ •
Favor one state over another
Take money from treasury
without right by law
•
•
________________________
(allowing people to be
imprisoned and found guilty
without a trial)
Pass
________________________
(try someone for a crime that
wasn’t a law when the event
was done)
________________________
(princes, knights)
Deprive persons of life,
liberty, or property without
due process of law
State Governments
Powers Denied State
Government
•
Make __________________
with other nations or states
without consent of Congress
•
•
Coin (make) ____________
Impair obligations of
contracts
•
•
________________________
Keep troops or ships during
peace without consent of
Congress
2. Separation of Powers:
 Divides the government into three branches
 _______________________________________________
 _______________________________________________
 _______________________________________________
 Checks and Balances:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Directions: Read through this chart and underline the parts you need explained. The teacher will
be calling on you so be ready!
Checks & Balance:
 reject
appointments
 reject treaties
 withhold funding
 impeach president
 override a veto
Legislative Branch (Congress)
• writes laws
• confirms Presidential
Appointments
• ratifies treaties
• grants money
• declares war
Checks & Balance:
 veto bill
 adjourn Congress
Executive Branch (President)
• proposes laws
• administers laws
• commands military
• appoints ambassadors and
other officials
• foreign policy
• negotiates treaties
Checks & Balance:
 propose
amendments
 impeach Supreme
Court Justice
 reject appointments
to Supreme Court
Checks & Balance:
 declare laws
unconstitutional
Checks & Balance:
 declare
executive actions
unconstitutional
Judicial Branch (Supreme
Court)
• interprets laws and
Constitution
• reviews lower-court
decisions
Checks & Balance:
 appoint Judges
3. Provisions for Change:
 __________________________ make it possible to _______________________
the ______________________________________
4. Protection of Individual Rights:
 __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________