Principles of Constitution Vocab

One branch checks on the other branches to ensure no ONE branch has too much power.

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republicanism

The U.S. government being divided into 3 branches; executive, legislative, and judicial.

• Federalism

• Republicanism

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

The idea that political authority belongs to the people.

The people have ownership of the government.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Republicanism

• Federalism

A government that has limitations on what it can and cannot do is called _____.

• U.S. Constitution

• Federalism

• Limited Government

• Republicanism

When the power is distributed between a central government and individual state governments it is called ​ (a)  

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers

Match the following

• Republicanism

• The division of the U.S. government into 3 branches

• Checks and balances

• Rights every U.S. citizen has; they are reserved, also known as protected, by the Constitution.

• Legislative, judicial, executive

• The three branches of Government in the U.S.

• Individual Rights

• The belief that people can choose their representatives and leadership through free elections

• Separation of Powers

• The idea that one branch checks the other to ensure no one branch becomes too powerful

This branch is in charge of making laws

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

This branch enforces the laws.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

This branch interprets the laws to decide if they are constitutional.

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive