A New Plan of Government

A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.

• Electoral College:
• Checks and Balance
• Federalism
• Amendment

A system by which each branch of government limits the power of the other branches, so that one branch does not become to powerful.

• Checks and Balances
• Electoral College
• Amendments
• Federalism

A change, correction, or improvement added to a document.

• Amendment
• Electoral College
• Checks and Balance
• Federalism

Sharing power between federal and state governments.

• Federalism
• Electoral College
• Check and Balance
• Amendments

The lawmaking branch of the government.

• Legislative Branch:
• Executive Branch
• Federalism
• Judicial Branch

 The branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law and that is headed by the president.

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Federalism

The branch of government that interprets the law; it includes courts that settle disputes and questions of the law.

• Judicial Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Federalism

Our Constitution was influenced heavily by European influences.

• True
• False
• This is hard, Dr. Taylor

• I don't know

What British document guaranteed certain rights to freemen and noblemen and limited the power of the king?

• The Magna Carta
• The English Bill of Rights
• The American Bill of Rights
• The Mayflower Compact

Which English philosopher  believed that all people have a right to life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• John Quincy Adam
• Hillary Clinton
• Ronald Reagan