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Constitution Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the six big Ideas? | 1. Limited Government // 2. Judicial Review // 3. Checks and Balances // 4. Federalism // 5. Separation of Power// 6. Popular Sovereignty |
| Define Limited Government | basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that the government cannot take away |
| Define Judicial Review | the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action |
| Define Checks and Balances | system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the other |
| Define Federalism | a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments and coequal branches of governments |
| Define Separation of Power | basic principle of American system of government that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of governments |
| Define Popular Sovereignty | 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 |
| Purpose of the Preamble | to explain why the Framers of the constitution made our government a republic |
| How many articles were in the constitution? | 7 |
| What is the purpose of the constitution | three main functions creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches and it divides power between the federal government and the states |
| Who was the last state to ratify the constitution | Rhode Island |
| How many constitutional amendments are there | 27 |
| The purpose of the preamble | to explain why the constitutional framers made the constitution |
| what is the purpose of the bill of rights | to define the most civil liberties of US. citizens (first 10 amandments) |
| The 5 liberties of freedom in the first amendment | Speech, Petition, Religion, Assembly, and Press |
| Election of President and VP | 12th |
| Bail; Cruel; and unusual punishment | 8th |
| Women can vote | 19th |
| Right to vote based on color | 15th |
| Purpose of the first 3 articles in the constitution | Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches |
| Which branch does impeachment fall under | Judicial |
| Article 4 | Relations Among the States |
| Article 5 | Provisions of Amendment |
| Public Debts and Oath | Article 6 |
| Ratification of the Constitution | Article 7 |
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