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| known as the "father of the constitution" |
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| agreement in which delegates agreed that every five enslaved people would count as three free people |
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| created by roger sherman: three branches of government,bicameral legislature in which representation in the upper house would be equal( 2 senators per state) and the representation in the lower house( house of representatives) would be based on population |
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| allows congress to excercise powers that are not in the constitution(implied powers) |
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| felt the congress gave to much power to the national government and objected the constitution lack of bill if rights |
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| same power over each other |
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| power divide between the national and state govt. |
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| the intro of the constitution and list the goals |
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| split power of legs,executive, jud |
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| powers shared by the state by state and federal govt. |
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| powers the the constitution does not give the national, but are kept for the states |
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| in our federal system the ( ) govt. is supreme |
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| in a federal system the power is divded amoung different( ) of govt. |
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| legidlative branch ( ) the laws |
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| executive branch( ) the laws |
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| the ( ) is the "supreme law of the land" |
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| promised to add this to the constitution |
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| what powers does the executive branch have over the legislative branch? |
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| .veto and call congress into special session |
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| who favored a sttrong central govt. |
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| what powers does the exec. branch have over the jud. branch |
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| appoints all federal judges |
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| what powers does the legs. branch have over the exec. branch |
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| .override veto, impeach, comfirm/reject appointments. comfirm/reject treaties |
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| what powers does the jud. branch have over the exec. branch |
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| .can declare executive actions unconstitutional |
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| what powers does the legs. branch have over the jud. branch |
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| .comfirms/rejects pres's judge appointments. impeach |
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| what powers do the jud. branch have over the legs. branch |
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| . can declare legs. actions unconstitutional |
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| why did the delegates divide the govt. into three branches |
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| keep one branch from coming to powerful |
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| what is the main purpose of the constitution |
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| framework of the govt.( instruction manual for our govt.) |
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| the ( ) clause states that no state law can conflict with the u.s. constitution |
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| what is the purpose of the preamble |
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| how do the declaration of independence and the constitution express the support of popular soverignty |
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| constituion begins with "we the people" the DOI says that the govt. gets itd power from the people. |
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| why is th econstitution considered a living document. |
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