Social Studies Review Midterm Part III
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- the judicial branch
- a government court system; responsible for interpreting the Constitution
- Federalists
- persons who supported the adoption of the Constitution; most are members of the federalist party. Believe in strong federal government
- Checks and balances
- a system of overlapping the powers of the separate legislative,executive and judicial branch of the government, to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
- Constitutional Convention
- revise the Articles of Confederation and wrote a whole new plan for a national government
- "founding fathers/framers
- were 55 delegates who were the most respected leaders in the states. George Washington, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason and Robert Morris were the 5 most known
- Bicameral
- a two house legislative body.
- executive branch
- the office of the president and his cabinets
- house of representatives
- one of the two law making bodies in congress; its representation is based upon state population
- The legislative branch/congress
- law making body of the government
- President
- responsible for assuring that the nations laws are faithfully executed. Commander in chief. he is the head of the executive branch.
- Separation of Powers
- to prevent any group in government to gain too much authority
- preamble
- purpose of the constitution: form a perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to our ourselves and our posterity
- Supreme Court
- The highest national court
- Amendment
- a change in or addition to a Constitution or law
- Anti- Federalist
- persons who opposed the adoption of the Constitution; they were in favor of adopting the Bill of Rights as well as strong states government
- the Bill of Rights
- the first ten amendments to the Constitution, dealing mostly with civil rights.