government vocab

2. was an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
5. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
7. the introductory part of a constitution or statute that usually states the reasons for and intent of the law.
10. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
12. is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that covers politics, policy, culture, and religion, and publishes a newsletter.
14. clausea clause within the United States Constitution that grants Congress the power to pass whatever laws are deemed “necessary and proper” to help Congress to carry out the enumerated powers.
16. monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
17. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the.
18. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
19. was a late-18th century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
20. is when there is one strong main government for the entire United States that has a lot of power and the individual states don't have much power.

1. was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government.
3. was an American statesman, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper.
4. in U.S. history, a controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.
6. republicanism, also known as civic republicanism or civic humanism.
8. is the concept of a government limited in power. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism.
9. was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the 4th president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
11. was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher.
13. a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government, in contrast to a federal state.
15. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.