6.9 - Constitutional Convention - A System of Government

Popular sovereignty isthe idea that political authority belongs to the people.

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The Founding Fathers wanted to limit government power by creating four branches of government.

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Two strategies that came out of the Constitutional Convention to limit the government's power were the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances.

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In a popular election, citizens were sometimes not informed enough to make an educated vote.

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The idea of a Congress election, people were worried that Congress would not get enough power.

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Under the electoral college, a body of people representing the states of the United States formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

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National laws were not the supreme laws of the land.

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States could make their own laws, but they could not go against federal laws.

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The idea of the electoral college addressed the concern of people making undeducated choices when voting in a presidential election.

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Under the new system of government, the power of the government was limited to those listed in the Constitution.

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