Civics Chapter 3 Vocabulary

The founding fathers gathered to fix the Articles of Confederation which left the United States Weak and broken.

• Checks and Balances

• Constitutional

  convention

• Electoral College

• Ratifiction

Which branch of government makes the laws?

• Legistlative

• Juidicial

• Executive

• Supreme Court

Which branch of government enforces the laws?

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Supreme Court

Which branch of government interprets the laws?

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Supreme Court

What is the introduction to the Consitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Revenue

• Rule of Law

What is government consent by the governed?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Sovereignty

• Rule of Law

• Treason

The powers that are set aside or reserved for the states because they are not specifically given to the federal government.

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Reserved Powers

The powers shared by both the federal government and state government.

• Separation of Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Expressed Powers

A government that shares power between federal and state

• Federalists

• Electoral College

• Anti-Fderalists

• Great Compromise

As a shield against tyranny, the framers created separate branches of the federal government. One branch would write the laws. Another would carry out the laws. A third branch would interpret the laws.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Revenue

• Great Compromise