6: Separation of Powers and Federalism

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With the new Constitution, the framers sought to create a balance between _______.

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The national government and state governments, The three branches of the national government, A stronger national government and the liberties of the people

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In the founders’ view, the best way to protect the unalienable rights promised by the Declaration of Independence was ___________.

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A Constitution founded on the separation of powers

Front

Separation of powers refers to the fact that _________.

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The Constitution distributes power among the three branches of government

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What are the three different branches of government outlined in the Constitution?

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Legislative, Executive, Judicial

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The Constitution established a system of checks and balances, which grants ______.

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Each branch has the power to check abuses by the other branches

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Federalism is the word used to describe the Constitution’s system of granting political power __________.

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By dividing political power between the national government and the states

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The Spirit of the Laws, which articulated the importance of the separation of powers, was written by _________.

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Montesquieu

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According to Montesquieu, what happens when the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates?

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There can be no liberty.

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According to John Adams’s Thoughts on Government, what was the very definition of a republic?

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An empire of laws and not of men.

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James Madison outlined his explanation and defense of the Constitution’s separation of powers in which document?

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Federalist No. 51