USH Review - Unit 2 Set 2 Constitutional Foundations

Constitutional Convention

• the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
• the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
• meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new Constitution
• the branch of government that carries out laws

legislative branch

• the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
• the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live
• the lawmaking branch of government
• complex systems with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command

Executive Branch

• the branch of government that carries out laws
• (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
• the practice of offering your time and services to others without payment
• freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment

judicial branch

• the notion that power lies with the people
• the branch of government that interprets laws
• the action of explaining the meaning of something
• the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live

Federalists

• supporters of the Constitution
• obligations to our community that we fulfill voluntarily
• the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live
• the right to vote

Anti-Federalists

• A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
• those who opposed ratification of the Constitution
• meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new Constitution
• to call up people for military service

Federalism

• the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.
• a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
• Civil liberties are __________ that the government cannot take away.
• meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new Constitution

Preamble

• the branch of government that interprets laws
• a formal request for government action
• the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
• the opening section of the Constitution

amendment

• obligations to our community that we fulfill voluntarily
• The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• any change in the Constitution
• the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community

Bill or Rights

• The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
• freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment
• the opening section of the Constitution
• any change in the Constitution