TX History: U.S Constitution.

The first 10 Amendments that protect your unalienable personal rights.

• Bill of Rights.

• Declaration of Independence.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• Bill of law.

What is a constitution?

• A country's supreme law of the land.

• An agreement for citizens to give up their rights.

• A government structure that gives rights to the King.

• A deal made between two countries.

Constitutional principle in which the Government gets its power from the people. "Power to the People".

• Executive Branch.

• Legislative Branch.

• Seperation of Powers.

• Popular Sovereignty.

Constitutional principle in which the Federal Government is divided into three branches of government.

• Checks & Balances.

• Seperation of Power.

• Executive Branch.

• Freedom of Speech.

Constitutional principle that prevents the government having complete and total control. The government can only do what the people allow it to do.

• Checks and Balances.

• Limited Government.

• Division of Power.

• Freedom of speech.

Constitutional principle in which each branch of government can check the others to prevent them from becoming too powerful and abusing their power.

• Popular Sovereignty.

• Limited Government.

• Checks and Balances.

• Judicial Review.

System where the people select who represents them in the government. For example, electing your president.

• Judicial Review.

• Popular Sovereignty.

• Republicanism.

• Federalism.

The shared powers between the National/Federal government and the State Governments.

• Seperation of Powers.

• Popular Sovereignty.

• Federalism.

• Republicanism.

By the Constitution, the Judicial branch can look over the actions of the Executive & Legislative branches and determine if they are right or wrong. Constitutional or unconstitutional.

• Judicial Review.

• Federalism.

• Republicanism.

• 5th Amendment.

What does legal mean?

• Allowed to do by law.

• Not allowed to do.

• it is forbidden.

• it is a term for when you are eligible for the draft.