Guard Against Tyranny DBQ Vocabulary

made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, this branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• chief executive

This branch includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts. It evaluates laws by: Interpreting the meaning of laws. Applying laws to individual cases. Deciding if laws violate the Constitution.

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• chief executive

This branch consists of the President, his advisors and various departments and agencies. This branch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land.

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• chief executive

President of the United States of America

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• chief executive

_____ _______, America’s fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”

• James Madison

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Executive Branch

• - a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

The essays were published anonymously, under the pen name "Publius," in various New York state newspapers of the time.

They were written and published to urge New Yorkers to ratify the proposed United States Constitution.

• Federalist Papers

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Executive Branch

• - the supreme law of the United States of America

It replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1789.

• Federalist Papers

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Executive Branch

served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain

• Federalist Papers

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Executive Branch

Who is this and what is he remembered for?

• James Madison

• He wrote the Federalist Papers.

• 4th President of the Unites States of America

• "Father of the Constitution"

 to write a basic outline or structure of government. This does not mean to write

all the laws.

• frame

• delegates

• tyranny

• chief executive