Crafting the Constitution

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Wanted amendments

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(b) Did not want amendments

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(c) Goals of the Constitution

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(d) Principles of Government in Constitution

• insure domestic tranquility

• provide for common defense

• James Madison

• secure the blessings of liberty

• promote general welfare

• form a more perfect union

• popular sovereignty

• seperation of powers

• Thomas Jefferson

• checks and balances

• establish justice or laws

• judicial review

• federalism

• limitied government

Popular Sovereignty

• concept that a government gets its power from the people and that ultimate political power remains with the people

• principle that the powers and functions of government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws

• concept that every member of society, including the ruler and government, must obey the law and is never above it

• principle that the duties of governing are divided among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches

principle that the powers and functions of government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws

• popular sovereignty

• limited government

• rule of law

• separation of powers

concept that every member of society, including the ruler and government, must obey the law and is never above it

• popular sovereignty

• limited government

• rule of law

• separation of powers

principle that the duties of governing are divided among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches

• popular sovereignty

• limited government

• rule of law

• separation of powers

system that gives each branch of government the power to change, reverse, or cancel acts of another branch

• checks and balances

• veto

• judicial review

• unconstitutional

president’s power to reject legislation

• checks and balances

• veto

• judicial review

• unconstitutional

power to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional

• veto

• unconstitutional

• judicial review

• federalism

principle that powers of government are distributed between the national government and the state governments

• checks and balances

• veto

• separation of powers

• federalism

The Framers began the Constitution with this idea:

"We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution..."

This would be an example of:

• Popular sovereignty

• Limited government

• Separation of powers

• Judicial review