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- 3. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments.
- 9. To formally withdraw from a nation-state.
- 10. Governemnt structure that authorizes each branch of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) to share powers with other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over other branches.
- 11. Formal process of changing the constitution.
- 13. Power Powers retained by the states under the constitution.
- 14. Form of government in which power derives from citizes, but public officials make policy and govern accordibg to existing law.
- 15. First ten amendments to the constitution, which provide basic political rights.
- 16. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representaion to the states.
- 19. Authority of the presidet to block legislation passed by the Congress. Congress can override a veto by a two-thrids najorty in each chamber.
- 21. Compromise over slavery at the constitutional convention that granted states extra representation in the house of representatives based on their number of slaves at the ration three-fifths.
- 22. Powers grented by Congress by the constitution.
- 24. Rule by the people.
- 25. Authority of cours to declare laws passed by congres and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional.
- 27. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revice the Artiles of Conferderation but ended up proposing an entirely new Constitution.
- 28. Required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirtheenth Admendment (Article IV, Section 2).
- 29. System of governemtn in which ultimate authority rest with the regional (for example, state) governments.
- 30. Initially, those who supported the Constituion during the ratification period; later, the name of the political party established by supporters of Alexander Hamilton.
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- 1. Makes federal law supreme over state law (Article VI).
- 2. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised by citizens.
- 4. Doctrine holding that state government have almost completely separate functions.
- 5. The 1776 document declaring American independence from Great Britain and calling equality, human rights, and citizen participation.
- 6. Powers held by both the national and state governemnts in a federal system.
- 7. Gives congress the power to pass all laws necessary and propoer to the powers enumerated in Article 1, Section 8.
- 8. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches executive, legislative, and judicial), with each holding separate and independent areas of responsibility.
- 12. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution durig the ratification period.
- 17. System System of government in which ultimate authority rest with the national government.
- 18. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for the president ad vice president.
- 20. Iitial governing authority of the United States, 1781-88.
- 23. Document or set of documents that establish the basic rules and procedures for how a society shall be governed.
- 26. Powers not expressly granted to congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.