GOVT_Foundations of Government Vocabulary

sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid

• Authority

• Restrain

• Ratification

• Compromise

those who supported ratification of the Constitution; especially with a larger federal government

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Supremacy Clause

• Checks and Balances

the first basis for the new nation’s government; adopted in 1781; created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central government

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalists

• Federalism

• Limited Government

a form of government in which power is divided between state governments and a national government

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

a process in which a dispute or conflict involving several parties is resolved

• Compromise

• Negotiation

• Consensus Building

• Persuasion

those who did not support ratification of the Constitution; largely due to the size of the federal government

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Supremacy Clause

• Checks and Balances

a system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to work together

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

the statement in Article VI of the Constitution that federal law is superior to laws passed by state legislatures

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Articles of Confederation

• Anti-Federalists

the sharing of powers among three separate branches of government; prevents one, single powerful branch

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

system in which the government, just as the people, must follow laws and does not have unlimited power

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Ratification

• Anti-Federalists

• Limited Government