Unit 3 Review - Civics

The power of a government lies with the people

• Popular sovereignty
• Natural rights
• Limited govenrment
• Majority rules
• Supremacy Clause

The branch of the national government that makes laws and controls the money

• Federalism
• Limited govenrment
• Judicial branch
• Executive branch
• Legislative branch

The division of power between a central government and state governments

• Reserved powers
• Concurrent powers
• Delegated powers
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers

The process by which the three branches can oversee the actions of the others to make sure one branch does not become too powerful

• Popular sovereignty
• Concurrent powers
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and balances
• Ratification process

A power of the president to cancel a bill from becoming a law

• Reserved powers
• Separation of Powers
• Repeal
• Limited govenrment
• Amendment

The first time the idea of “popular sovereignty” and “consent of the governed” was established on the Mayflower in 1619

• Popular sovereignty
• Majority rules
• Preamble
• Articles of Confederation
• Mayflower Compact

An example of a presidential precedent of choosing advisors to serve in an advisory body that is not necessarily in the Constitution, but has been done since Washington

• Federalism
• Cabinet
• Separation of Powers
• Veto
• Ratification process

The battle for officially approving the Constitution with the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists fighting for votes

• Popular sovereignty
• Cabinet
• Articles of Confederation
• Mayflower Compact
• Ratification process

The document begins with “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union…”

• Preamble
• Articles of Confederation
• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution

The document that asserts natural rights and “all men are created equal”

• Natural rights
• Preamble
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution