Gov't Unit 1 (Part 2)
The _________________ was a plan to satisfy fears that the Federal Government might be funeded through export duties.
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
The __________ was Madison’s plan for a National Government with greatly expanded powers (the “large state” plan).
Virginia Plan
The ____________ was a combination of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
Conneticut Compromise/Plan
The ___________was a plan to satisfy Southerners’ desire to inflate the population count of their states
The 3/5 Compromise
The ____________ was Paterson’s plan for a National Government which resembled the Articles of Confederation (the "small state" plant)
New Jersey Plan
the power of courts to decide whether government acts are constitutional
Judicial Review
___________ means illegal; null and void; of no force and effect.
Unconstitutional
_________ is the division of power between a central government and several regional governments
Federalism
________________ is a governmental system having basic political powers distributed among three distinct and independent branches
Seperation of Powers
A _______ is the President’s rejection of an act of Congress.
veto
________ holds that any government may only do those things that people have given it power to do
Limited Government
When James Madison wrote, “The accumulation of all powers...in the same hands...may be pronounced as the very definition of tyranny,” he was arguing on behalf of _____________
seperation of powers
The principle of popular sovereignty means that the.....
people are the only source of governmental power
________ is a constitutional principle that was devised as a compromise between a powerful central government and a loose confederation of States.
Federalism
applies when the Senate confirms or rejects the President’s nomination of a Supreme Court justice.
Checks and Balances
is the supreme law of the land.
The United States Constitution
Politics is a ________; while government is an __________
process; institution
In an oligarchy, sovereignty rests with a _________
small elite group
A confederation has existed twice in US history.....
after the American revolution and during the Civil
War.
The _________ and the ____________________ make up the United States Congress.
Senate & House of Representatives
are powers held by the National Government.
Delegated Powers
are powers that belong to both the National and State governments.
Concurrent Powers
are powers provided exclusively to state governments.
Reserved Powers
The Great Compromise proposed.....
giving each state two senators and a number of representatives
based on population.
The main purpose of the Federalist Papers was to....
ratiry the U.S Constitution