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| What is republicanism? | Citizens have political authority, bound by social contract to obey the law, rights are guaranteed by a constitution |
| What 5 principles form the basis of rules established by the Constitution? | Popular Sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism |
| What's the differnce between sovereignty and popular sovereignty | S- absolute authority a government has over its citizens, PS governments authority comes from the people |
| Given an example of popular sovereignty | each time the constitution mentions we or the people |
| How does the Constitution provide limited government | it established guidelines for how the government runs, it keeps the government from violating citizens liberties |
| How many branches did the framers put in the government | three |
| Why did the framers of the Constitution design three branches | To divide governmental responsibilities |
| Define Separation of Powers | Dividing the responsibility of the government into three branches to divide responsibility |
| Where can one find the responsibilities and powers of each branch | In the first three articles of the constitution |
| What do the 1st three articles of the Constitution contain? | The responsibilities of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government |
| What is the responsibility of the legislative branch | To pass legislation |
| What is the responsibility of the executive branch? | execute or carry out the laws |
| What is the responsibility of the judicial branch? | Nations highest court. |
| Besides dividing the government into three branches how else does the Constitution prevent abuse of power? | establishes checks and balances |
| define veto | The Presidents ability to check the power of the legislature |
| Define Veto | rejection of legislation |
| How does the presidents power of veto affect the actions of COngress? | Encourages the Congress to meet with and reach an agreement with executive branch before passing a bill in congress |
| How can congress override a presidential veto | 2/3 vote in both branches |
| How does the legislature check the power to the president? | Power of the purse approval of spending , rejection of presidential appointments, treaties require 2/3 vote in senate, impeachment, declare war |
