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CLCS US History 8
New Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the supreme law of the land? | The Constitution |
| Sharing of powers between national and state governments | Federalism |
| A change in the constitution | Amendment |
| The nations first set of laws, not effective! | Articles of Confederation |
| Each branch has the power to limit the actions of the others | Checks and balances |
| The House of Representitives and Senate together make up | Congress |
| A government where the power is held by the people | Democracy |
| The branch headed by the President who enforces laws and makes treaties | Executive |
| The branch that makes laws and impeaches the president | Legislative |
| The branch that determines if laws are constitutional or not | Judicial |
| The plan for admitting new states to the Union | Northwest Ordinance |
| A group of people who have the same ideas about government, they nominate canidates | Political Party |
| Branch of Congress where each state has 2 representitives | Senate |
| Branch of Congress where represehtation is based on population | House of Representitves |
| Plan to count slaves only as a part of a person in the census | 3/5 compromise |
| census | Counting of all the people in America every 10 years. |