| A | B |
|---|
| Popular Sovereignty | How people rule themselves |
| Checks and Balances | Each branch has a way to limit or check the actions of the others. |
| English Bill of Rights | Document that extended the rights of citizens |
| Founding Fathers | Used examples from the Greeks and Romans to lay the groundwork for the United States |
| Elastic Clause | Allows Congress to stretch its powers to deal with the changing needs of the nation |
| Limited Government | Government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it so that it does not become too powerful |
| Magna Carta | Document that King John was forced to sign |
| Federalism | Divides the government by giving special powers to the different levels of government-federal and state |
| John Locke | Declared that all people have natural rights |
| Separation of Power | Each branch has distinct powers that the others do not possess |
| Montesquieu | stressed the importance of the rule of law |
| Bill | An idea that a representative or a senator has that would like to see become a law |
| Parts of the Constitution | Preamble, Articles, Bill of Rights, Amendments |
| State Power | regulate elections |
| Shared Power | tax citizens |
| State Power | issue driver's license |
| Federal Power | coin money |
| State Power | regulate schools |
| Executive | President |
| Judicial | Interprets the law |
| Legislative | Declare war |
| Judicial | Supreme Court |
| Legislative | House of Representatives and Senate |
| Executive | elected by the electoral college |
| Federal Power | make treaties |
| Legislative | makes the laws |
| Executive | enforces the law |
| Bill of Rights | additions to the Constitution that guarantee individual freedoms |
| Amendments | change or addition |
| Contract | formal agreement |
