Constitution vocab

one of several main parts of the Constitution

• preamble

• article

• federalism

• amendment

power that the US congress has that is specifically listed in the Constitution

• concurrent powers

• expressed powers

• reserved powers

• bicameral

a detailed, written plan for government

• preamble

• article

• constitution

• federalism

meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution

• Great Compromise

• constitutional convention

• Constitution

• amendment

the opening section of the Constitution

• article

• preamble

• amendment

• bicameral

to vote approval of

• rule of law

• popular sovereignty

• bicameral

• ratify

agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation

• preamble

• Constitution

• article

• Great Compromise

a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states

• bicameral

• federalism

• preamble

• ratify

powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states

• expressed

• reserved

• concurrent

• popular

government receives its power from the people

• Constitution

• Constitutional convention

• popular sovereignty

• reserved powers