principles of the constitution
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- what is federalism?
- ~shared power between the state and federal/national government
- what does the executive branch do?
- ~enforces/carries out the laws
- what does the legislative branch do?
- ~makes the laws
- what does the judicial branch do?
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~interpreted the laws
~made sense of the law after reading it(judged it) - what is expressed power?
- ~power given to the national/ federal government
- what would happen if a branch got too powerfl?
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~the branch/leader would become a tyrant
~same as having a king
~the people wanted a loose government - what was Separation of Powers?
- ~division of power into 3 branches in order to keep one branch from becoming too powerful
- what is concurrent power?
- ~powers used between both national and state governments
- what is reserved power?
- ~powers given to the state government
- how does a bill become a law?
- ~each of the 3 branches have to agree to the bill and then it gets passed as a law
- what was the purpose of the Separation of Powers?
- ~the authors of the constitution didn't want one branch to become too powerful
- what are checks and balances?
- ~system that prevented one branch from becoming too powerful
- what is an antifederalist?
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~didn't support the the constitution
~they thought the states should have more power than the national government
- could each branch control any of the two branches?
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yes
(ex. president veto over legislative branch) - what is a federalist
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~supported the constitution
~thought the national government needed more power than the states
~U.S. government needed more power - what are the 3 main branches that were made in the separation of powers?
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~legislative branch(congress)
~judicial branch(supreme court + federal courts)
~executive branch(president) - what compromise did Madison propose to enable Virginia to approve of the Constitution?
- ~THE BILL OF RIGHTS