Midterm Study Guide

1. States like these because they have more say in how the money is spent.
3. God given rights to life, liberty, and property.
4. Political stalemate is a situation when there is difficulty passing laws that satisfy the needs of the people.
7. The first ten amendments.
11. Feared the powered of the national government and believed state legislatures, which would better protect their freedoms, wanted the Bill of Rights.
13. A form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation.
15. Agreements among States.
16. An agreement between the people and their government.
17. British political philosophers that differed how governments should be ran.
19. An addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution, there are 27.
21. Letter to the British king that listed all the ways he abused his power, written by Thomas Jefferson.

2. Come with strings attached, used for specific purpose.
5. Are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
6. A clause in the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
8. Supported the Constitution, believed a strong central government would be better for national security and economic prosperity.
9. The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
10. The principle that sovereignty should be divided between the federal government and the states especially as expressed by the Constitution of the U.S.
12. A form of government in which "supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
14. Are those found directly within the Constitution.
18. When the government doesn't protect its people, the people can revolt.
20. Belong only because the U.S. is sovereign.