Mr. Britt, Econ. & Govt. Resource Teacher
River Ridge High School
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Limited Government
Representative Government
Magna Carta
Petition of Right
English Bill of Rights
Charter
Bicameral
Unicameral
Proprietary Colonies
Confederation
Albany Plan of Union
Delegate
Boycott
Repeal
Popular Sovereignty
Articles of Confederation
Ratification
Presiding Officer
Framers
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Compromise
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Three-Fifths Compromise
Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise
Federalists
Anti- Federalists
Quorum
Preamble
Articles
Constitutionalism
Rule of Law
Separation of Powers
Checks & Balances
Veto
Judicial Review
Unconstitutional
Federalism
Amendment
Formal Amendment
Bill of Rights
Executive Agreement
Treaty
Electoral College
Cabinet
Senatorial Courtesy
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Those persons who supported the ratification of the federal Constitution in 1787-1788.
Those persons who opposed the ratification of the federal Constitution in 1787-1788.
The power of the Supreme Court to look again at a law and determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.
The plan of government that was adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; it established a “firm league of friendship”
among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central government.
The person who serves as Chairman (or Chairperson) at a meeting.
The name given to the First Ten Amendments to the Constitution.
The Introduction to a major written document.
System of government in which public policies are made by elected officials, chosen to represent the voters & held accountable in periodic elections.
System by which the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches overlap; this permit each branch to maintain some restraint (check) upon
the powers and the actions of the other branches.
Refusal to buy or sell certain products or services.
Recall
Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers.
Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, ad other purposes; the plan was turned down by the
colonists and the Crown.
Plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the Constitutional Convention; called for a three-branch government with a bicameral legislature in which
each State’s membership would be determined by its population or its financial support for the government.
Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention; called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be
equally represented.
Numbered sections of a document. The un-amended Constitution is divided into seven of these.
Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business; majority.
Group of persons chosen in each State (and the District of Columbia) every four years who are the people who actually make the formal election of the
President and Vice President.
Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia convention.
Great Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed
trial by jury and due process of law to nobility.
Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty.
Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that
even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land.
Document (Bill) written by the English Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689; it is a list of provisions (Rights) designed to
prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American government and politics today.
Custom that the Senate will not approve a presidential appointment opposed by a majority party senator from the State in which the appointee would
serve.
Contrary to the provisions of the Constitution and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect.
Concept that holds that government and its officers are always subject to the law. [Rule of Law]
Colonies that were organized by a proprietor (a person to whom the king had made a grant of land).
Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature; literally (Latin) "I forbid".
Basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the document that lists all of its laws. [Constitutionalism]
Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government
can exist only with the consent of the governed.
Basic principle of American system of government, that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and
coequal branches of government.
Basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in (has limits to) what it may do, and each individual has rights that
government cannot take away.
Any change in, or addition to, a constitution or law.
An agreement during the Constitutional Convention that congress should be composed of a Senate, in which States would be represented equally, and
a House, in which representation would be based on a State’s population.
An agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power to tax the commercial export of goods from
any state, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade.
An agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count each slave as only a fraction of a free person when determining population of a state.
An agreement (a pact) made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which
(unlike a treaty) does not require Senate consent.
An adjective describing a legislative body with one chamber.
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers.
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments.
A person who attends a meeting as the representative of group of people
A joining of several groups for a common purpose.
A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
A city or a state’s basic law, its constitution; a written grant of authority from the king
A change or addition that actually becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the
Constitution.
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