Q2 Civics Vocab (pt1)

used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch

• Articles of Confederation

• Due Process

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.

• Constitution

• Federalist

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

system of government in which all power is invested in a strong central government.

• Constitution

• Unitary System

• Federal System

• Checks and Balances

the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

• Checks and Balances

• Constitution

• Rule of Law

• Articles of Confederation

A government in which the people rule by their own consent.

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

The government must follow a written constitution and does not have absolute power

• Federal System

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

Introduction to the US Constitution starting with the We the People: Sets out the goals

• Constitution

• Checks and Balances

• Articles of Confederation

• Preamble

a systems of government with a loose union of states that share some limited powers with a weak central government

• Checks and Balances

• Federalist

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

a system of government that divides the powers of government are shared between the national and state governments

• Unitary System

• Federal System

• Anti-Federalist

• Checks and Balances

a written plan of government

• Preamble

• Rule of Law

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution