Review for unit on checks and balances
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Constitution | Supreme Law of the Land
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| Amendments | Change or addition to the Constitution
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| Bill of Rights | Amendments 1-10
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| Ratify | Approve a law or amendment
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| Articles of Confederation | Weak government
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| Great Compromise | NJ Plan & VA Plan which creates bicameral Congress today
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| 3/5 Compromise | Every 5 slaves were counted as 3 people
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| Separation of Powers | 3 branches & checks and balance
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| Legislature | Congress that creates laws
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| House of Representatives | lower house made of up of representatives
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| Senate | Upper house in Congress = 2 per state
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| Veto | Reject a law - President
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| Override Veto | Congress votes over a President's veto of a law
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| Confirmation | Senate approves a President's judge nomination
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| Approves Treaty | Senate checks President
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| Federalism | Balance of power between federal and state governments
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| Delegated Powers | Powers given to the federal government by the Constitution
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| Reserve Powers | Powers given to the state governments (not written in the constitution)
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| Concurrent Powers | Powers both state and federal governments have (i.e. tax)
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| Judicial Review | Supreme Court finds a law or action by the federal or state government unconstitutional
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| Unwritten Laws | Political Parties, Judicial Review and President's Cabinet
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