The Development of the US Constitution & How Our Government Works
Created by Mr. Lickteig
Fort Riley Middle School
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| 490522291 | unconstitutional | what the Supreme Court rules if something is against the Constitution | |
| 490522292 | unanimous | in complete agreement | |
| 490522293 | George Mason | father of the "Bill of Rights" | |
| 490522294 | economics | how a nation decide who gets what RESOURCES; $$ | |
| 490522295 | Capitalism | Free Market economy; winner-takes-all; used in USA | |
| 490522296 | states | The Articles of Confederation gave power to the ________ | |
| 490522297 | national / federal | The Articles of Confederation created a weak ____________ | |
| 490522298 | Virginia Plan | idea that said a state's representatives should be based on its population | |
| 490522299 | New Jersey Plan | idea that thought each state should have an equal number of representatives | |
| 490522300 | bicameral | two houses | |
| 490522301 | Great Compromise | the agreement to combine two plans and create a bicameral legislative branch | |
| 490522302 | House of Representatives | this side of the legislative branch has representative's based on a state's population | |
| 490522303 | Senate | this side of the legislative branch has an equal number of representatives from each state | |
| 490522304 | 2 | number of Senators from each state | |
| 490522305 | Congress | the word used to describe BOTH the House of Representatives and the Senate | |
| 490522306 | 3/5 Compromise | how the Constitutional Convention decided to handle slavery, made each slave worth part of the state's population | |
| 490522307 | Federalists | these people wanted a strong central government and were in favor of the Constitution | |
| 490522308 | Antifederalists | were worried that the Constitution did not have a Bill of Rights or gave too much power to the national government | |
| 490522309 | Federalists Papers | collection of writings about why states should ratify the Constitution | |
| 490522310 | impeach | the Legislative branch can "check" on the Executive Branch by _________ the president | |
| 490522311 | President | Head of the Executive Branch | |
| 490522312 | 9 | Number of Supreme Court Justices | |
| 490522313 | 2 years | how long a representative serves | |
| 490522314 | 4 years | how long a president serves | |
| 490522315 | 6 years | how long a senator serves | |
| 490522316 | 35 years old | how old you have to be to be president | |
| 490522317 | 25 years old | how old you have to be to be a representative | |
| 490522318 | unconstitutional | if the Supreme Court reviews a law and finds it isn't in the Constitution, the law is declared _______________ | |
| 490522319 | judicial review | the process that the Supreme Court uses to judge on laws and cases | |
| 490522320 | Executive | the branch that ENFORCES the laws | |
| 490522321 | Judicial | the branch that INTERPRETS the laws | |
| 490522322 | Legislative | the branch that MAKES laws | |
| 490522323 | 1st | amendment that protects freedom of speech, religion, press, and petition | |
| 490522324 | 2nd | amendment that protects right to bear arms | |
| 490522325 | 4th | amendment that prohibits unresonable searches | |
| 490522326 | 8th | amendment that protects against cruel and unusual punishment | |
| 490522327 | 10th | amendment that grants power to the states if it is not in the US Constitution | |
| 490522328 | Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendements | |
| 490522329 | 1st | the article of the Constitution that addresses the legislative branch | |
| 490522330 | 2nd | the article of the Constitution that addresses the executive branch | |
| 490522331 | 3rd | the article of the Constitution that addresses the judicial branch | |
| 490522332 | 4th | the article of the Constitution that addresses the rights of states and how states can join the union | |
| 490522333 | 5th | the article of the Constitution that addresses how to amend the Constitution | |
| 490522334 | James Madison | considered the father of the Constitution | |
| 490522335 | veto | if the president rejects a bill, it is called a _______ | |
| 490522336 | committee | the first place a bill goes on it's way to becoming a law | |
| 490522337 | anarchy | NO government, no control, total freedom | |
| 490522338 | republic | government where people vote for REPRESENTATIVES who make decisions for them; also vote for President (Head Executive) | |
| 490522339 | parliamentary | government where people vote for representatives; the POLITICAL PARTY in control picks their PRIME MINISTER (Head Executive) | |
| 490522340 | monarchy | government ruled by 1 FAMILY (king, queen, emperor, chief, etc) | |
| 490522341 | theocracy | government ruled by 1 RELIGION | |
| 490522342 | totalitarian | government ruled by 1 specific PARTY; total control of country | |
| 490522343 | dictatorship | government ruled by 1 PERSON | |
| 490522344 | democracy | government where EVERYONE has a say in issues | |
| 490522345 | oligarchy | government where a SMALL GROUP of ELITES make decisions | |
| 490522346 | totalitarian | government where only ONE person or group makes the decisions | |
| 490522347 | authority | who makes the decisions | |
| 490522348 | Socialism | economic system where government controls parts of the economy and private enterprise runs other parts | |
| 490522349 | Communism | type of economy where the GOVERNMENT runs everything | |
| 490522350 | government | how societies and nations decide who will rule | |
| 490522351 | libel | untruthful WRITTEN comments that harm a person's reputation | |
| 490522352 | slander | untruthful ORAL comments that harm a person's reputation | |
| 490522353 | fallacy | argument that does not make logical sense, but appears to be right | |
| 490522354 | ad hominem | fallacy - attacking the person and not the issue | |
| 490522355 | appeal to emotions | fallacy - using words to invoke feelings to get attention away from the issue | |
| 490522356 | bandwagon | fallacy - creates the impression that everyone is doing it and so should you | |
| 490522357 | false cause | fallacy - assumes a cause and effect relationship that is not true | |
| 490522358 | hasty generalization | fallacy - draws a conclusion about a population based on a small sample | |
| 490522359 | red herring | fallacy - presents an irrelevant topic to divert attention away from original issue | |
| 490522360 | scare tactic | fallacy - creates fear as evidence to support a claim | |
| 490522361 | testimonial | fallacy - use of celebrity to endorse a product or idea | |
| 490522362 | glittering generarlity | fallacy - using words or phrases that sound wonderful but can not be proven true | |
| 490522363 | electoral college | the process the US uses to elect president | |
| 490522364 | 538 | total number of electoral votes available during a Presidential Election | |
| 490522365 | 270 | the "magic number" needed to win a Presidential Election |
