Constitution Vocab - Part 1

establishes the branches of the federal gov't and states' governments and the responsibilities of each one

• Article
• confederation
• ratify
• limited government

divided into two parts 

• confederation
• ratify
• bicameral
• Article

Article V (5) - any change to the Constitution

• Amendment
• Anti-Federalist
• constitution
• Federalist

system in which government's power is divided between the federal and state governments 

• Preamble
• Constitutional Convention
• federalism
• Articles of Confederation

a group of states that comes together for a common cause

• bicameral
• ratify
• limited government
• confederation

Article VII (7) - to approve 

• Article
• bicameral
• ratify
• confederation

a detailed, written plan for government 

• Federalist
• constitution
• Amendment
• Article

a person who wanted to ratify the Constitution

• Anti-Federalist
• Amendment
• Federalist
• Articles of Confederation

person who was against ratifying the Constitution

• Federalist
• Amendment
• confederation
• Anti-Federalist

idea that the government can only do what the people allow it to do

• limited government
• bicameral
• confederation
• Article