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- 3. the people are the only source of power for any and all government actions; government can only govern with the consent of the governed
- 5. explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as
- 10. considered intelligent and decisive, he was a leading supporter of the Constitution and helped write the Federalist Papers
- 12. a representative democracy in which a small group of leaders, elected by the citizens, represents the concerns of the people; the interests of the majority take precedence over interest of a few.
- 13. each branch of government is subject to a number of constitutional restraints, or checks, by the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful
- 15. chosen to preside at the Constitutional Convention; he later became the first president of the United States; he set precedent by stepping down after two terms and initiating a peaceful transition of power
- 16. compromise between slave states and free states to count three-fifths of the slave population in a state when allocating how many representatives a state was entitled to in the House of Representatives
- 18. the distribution of power between the national government and the states within a union
- 20. first ten amendments to the Constitution,added by the first Congress in 1791;protects thecivil rights and liberties of the people
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- 1. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the other powers listed in Article I
- 2. the government is not all powerful; its powers are limited, and the acts of the government are those willed by the people Constitution were written
- 4. from the people of the United States
- 6. compromise reached in writing the Constitution to satisfy both small and large states by having one house of Congress with an equal number of representatives for each state and the other house’s membership determined by a state’s population
- 7. supporters of the new Constitution who believed in a strong central government with limited government and checks and balances
- 8. type of democracy based on the protection of individual rights from the tyranny of the majority and on the consent of the governed to establish political authority
- 9. power is held at the national level, with very little power being held in political subdivisions, such as provinces, states, counties, parishes, or tow
- 11. in order for man to live in groups, he must give up some of his freedom to the government in exchange for protection of his natural rights
- 14. group of people who feared the new government created by Constitution; gave too much power to the national government at the expense of individual rights
- 17. English political philosopher whose Social Contract Theory believed that in order to live together, individuals in a society give up their natural rights to a higher authority for the sake of protection
- 19. government is defined by law and serves the people; the law is above everyone and it applies to everyone, whether ruler or the ruled