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- 2. / branch of Congress based on each state's equality
- 4. powers / powers that belong only to the state governments
- 5. sovereignty / the political theory that government is subject to the will of the people and where people have the power
- 9. / supporters of the Constitution and of a stronger national government (they feared disorder without it)
- 13. Carta / placed limits on England's monarch in 1215
- 14. powers / powers not specified in the Constitution that are entrusted to Congress
- 15. / delegates of the Constitutional Convention who shaped the Constitution
- 16. Papers / essays published in the newspaper to discourage the ratification of the Constitution
- 17. government / government with limited powers strictly defined by law and where no person or group is above the law
- 19. / sharing of powers between the national and state governments
- 21. protection / principle that states that all people, regardless of race, religion, or political beliefs, must receive the same treatment
- 22. powers / powers shared by state and federal governments
- 23. branches / legislative, executive and judicial
- 26. / movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason and science would improve society
- 28. Rights / basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, created by John Locke
- 29. powers / powers that belonged only to the federal government
- 32. branch / branch of government that executes or carries out the law (President and Cabinet)
- 33. / goes against
- 34. / an official change or addition to the Constitution
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- 1. and balances / system in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no one branch gets too much power
- 3. / introduction to the US Constitution stating the goals of the Constitution
- 6. / people against ratifying the Constitution, they feared the power of the national government and wanted a Bill of Rights included to protect the people's rights
- 7. Papers / essays published in the newspaper to support the Constitution
- 8. Court / Court that is in charge of national and state government disputes and decides if new laws or amendments are constitutional
- 10. / the process in which a person born in another country can become a legal citizen
- 11. / England's lawmaking legislative body
- 12. government / government in which people rule through elected representatives
- 18. / final and supreme authority of the US, "supreme law of the land"
- 20. branch / lawmaking branch of government (Congress- Senate, House of Representatives)
- 24. of Representatives / branch of Congress based on each state's population
- 25. of Rights / first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, starting fundamental rights of citizens
- 27. review / the power of the court to judge whether or not actions of other balances are constitutional
- 30. / to approve
- 31. of Powers / a principle based on Montesquieu's ideas by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
- 35. / the government in which the government's power comes from the people
- 36. College / process that elects the president and vice president