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US CONSTITUTION
CONSTITUTION WORDS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| popular sovereignty | government by the consent of the governed |
| Preamble | the beginning of the U.S. Constitution that explain its purposes |
| Limited government | a system in which government powers are carefully spelled out to prevent government from becoming too powerful |
| majority rule | a system in which the decision of more than half the people is accepted by all |
| delegated powers | powers given to the federal government by the Constitution |
| reserved powers | powers set aside for the states or for the people |
| concurrent powers powers shared by the federal government and the states separation of powers the distribution of power among the branches of government giving each branch a particular set of responsibilities legislative branch the lawmaking branch o | powers shared by the federal government and the states separation of powers |
| separation of powers | the distribution of power among the branches of government giving each branch a particular set of responsibilities |