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Topic 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bicameral | Two house legislature |
| Federalism | A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
| Popular Sovereignty | Rule by the people through their votes |
| Checks & Balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power |
| Limited Government | A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution. |
| Separation of Powers | Division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
| Judicial Branch | Interprets the laws |
| Legislative Branch | Makes laws |
| Executive Branch | Enforces laws |
| Slander | the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation. |
| Amendment | A change to the Constitution |
| Supremacy Clause | Makes National law supreme over state laws in constitutional affairs |
| Grand Jury | A group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime. |
| Articles of Confederation | 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses- no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) |
| Great Compromise | Compromise where states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution |
| First Amendment | 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition |
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