A More Perfect Union Review

Consisting of two houses especially in a legislature

• amendment

• bicameral

• precedent

• impressment

The sharing of power between federal and state government

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

Each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

• federalism

• checks and balances

To give official approval to

• ratify

• precedent

• bicameral

• impressment

An addition to a formal document

• reserved powers

• ratify

• precedent

• amendment

Supporters of the Constitution

• precedent

• federalists

• delegated powers

• anti-federalists

Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution

• anti-federalists

• delegated powers

• precedent

• federalists

The right of the Supreme court to determine if a law violates the Constitution

• amendment

• judicial review

• reserved powers

• delegated powers

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not

• declare war

• impose taxes

• make treaties

• borrow money

Which of these was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

• how to respond to the interests of foreign countries

• how to balance the concerns of farmers and ranchers

• how to balance the interests of large and small states

• how to get agreement between the eastern and western states