Constitution

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• Constitution
• Jeopardy

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Constitution
History Compromise Checks Federalism Misc
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500
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History 100

• Unalienable rights defined by the Founding
  Fathers
• Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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History 200

• This was the problem with the Articles of
  Confederation
• They left us with a weak national government

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History 300

• Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?
• James Madison

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History 400

• This part of the Constitution explains why it was
  written
• The Preamble

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History 500

• The meaning of popular sovereignty
• Power to the people

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Compromises 100

• The 3/5ths compromise refers to this
• A slave would be counted as 3/5ths of a person
  for the purpose of representation

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Compromises 200

• These states wanted to count the slaves as whole
  people for representation
• The Southern states

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Compromises 300

• The reason the Northern states did not want to
  count slaves
• It would give the South too much power

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Compromises 400

• The states that benefitted by the Connecticut
  compromise
• Small states

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Compromises 500

• The Slave trade compromise ensured that the laws
  would not change for this amount of time.
• 20 years

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Checks 100

• The meaning of Checks and Balances
• Each branch has power to stop the others from
  having too much power

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Checks 200

• A veto override is one of the checks this branch
  has
• Legislative

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Checks 300

• This is the way the executive branch check the
  judicial branch
• Appointing judges

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Checks 400

• One provision of the Constitution that was not in
  the Article of Confederation.
• Three branches of government

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Checks 500

• BONUS

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Federalism 100

• Federalism is a compound government of these two
  entities
• State and Federal

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Federalism 200

• The president cannot remove a senator from power
  is an example of this principle.
• Separation of powers

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Federalism 300

• The idea that the government exists to serve the
  people came from this Enlightenment thinker.
• John Locke

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Federalism 400

• Tax collection is done by this level of gov.
• Both state and national

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Federalism 500

• The power to levy taxes belongs to both state and
  federal gov. what type of power is it?
• concurrent

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Misc 100

• These are the three branches of government
• Legislative, Judicial, Executive

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Misc 200

• The separation of power refers to these groups
• 3 branches

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Misc 300

• Who is considered the Father of the Declaration
  of Independence?
• Thomas Jefferson

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Misc 400

• The form of government guaranteed by the
  constitution
• Republican

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Misc 500

• The powers that are not listed but are required
  to fulfill responsibilities.
• Implied powers

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BONUS 1

• The term that describes giving power to the
  government for the benefit of the people.
• Social Contract