Principles & Bill of Rights STAAR Review

The purpose of this is to change the constitution to adjust to changing times and to maintain a "living" document.

• Supreme Court

• Amendment Process

• Veto

• Electoral College

Elected representatives serving at the will of the people.

• Republicanism

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Limited Government

These are powers that are given to the federal government and others given to the state and some powers a SHARED by both.

EX: TAXES

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Republicanism

• Federalism

A system that does not allow any one branch of government to have too much power.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

People hold the power in government; Example: "We The People" the first words of the Constitution

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

Everyone including the government must obey laws of the land.

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

The division of power into 3 branches to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

First ten amendments added to the Constitution that protect individual rights.

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Ratification

• Amendment

In the Amendment process, Congress can propose an amendment with__________ vote of both houses of Congress then the state legislature must ratify it with _________ vote to pass the amendment.

• 2/3, 1/2

• 1/2, 3/4

• 2/3, 2/3

• 2/3, 3/4

Click on the freedoms of the first amendment.

• Press

• Petition

• Speech

• Assembly

• Religion