WTp 17-21

People who were against ratification of the Constitution because they thought it gave too much power to the federal government and did not protect the political rights of the people.

• Anti federalist

• confederation

• federal system

• ferderalist

A form of political organization in which the sovereign states combine for certain specified purposes such as defense. Member states can leave this at any time.

• Confederation

• Federal System

• judicial law

• political parties

A government that is based on the principle of federalism, where powers are divided and shared between a central government and regional governments, such as state governments.

• judicial review

• supremacy clause

• Federal system

• judicial law

Advocates for ratification of the constitution and for a strong centralized government; they flourished as a political party int he 1790's under the leadership of Alexander Hamilton.

• Democrats

• Federalist

• Anti federalist

• Political parties

A ? is any organization that seeks to achieve political power by electing members to public office so that their political philosophies can be reflected in public policies.

• confederation

• federal system

• Political parties

• supremacy clause

Article VI, Section 2 of the constitution, which states that the constitution, laws passed by congress, and treaties of the united states, "shall be the supreme law of the land".

• Supremacy Clause

• Political Party

• Judicial review

• Federal system

A form of government that is based on the principle of federalism, where powers are divided and shared between a central government and regional governments, such as state governments.

• Unitary System

• Federal System

• Confederate System

A person or group having the highest authority of power in a country or state.

• Federal branch of government

• President

• Sovereign

• Ensi

A centralized form of government in which states or local governments exercise only those powers delegated to them by the central or national government.

• Unitary governement

• Federation

• Confederation

Which form of government is this:

1) Cannot overrule laws made by state governments

2) Is less powerful than state and local governments

3) Allows the state governments to become independent countries.

4) Does not directly control anything that affects citizens and their states.

5) Handles things that are of common concern to all the states.

6) Only acts on the states, not on the people within them.

• Unitary goverment

• federal government

• confederation