Unit 3 Vocabulary

What is the concept that divides power among different branches of government?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

What is the principle that states that the people are the ultimate source of government authority?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

What is the belief in individual freedoms and liberties?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual Rights

What is the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches?

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

What is the system of government in which power is divided between a central government and state governments?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Republicanism

What is the principle that government is restricted in what it may do, and that individuals have rights that government cannot take away?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Republicanism

What is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Bill of Rights

What is the name of the series of essays written to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Federalist Papers

• Republicanism

What is the name of the group that supported the ratification of the United States Constitution?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Federalists

• Republicanism

What is the name of the group that opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution?

• Compromise

• Separation of Powers

• Anti Federalists

• Republicanism