All of Ch. 3 and constitution

The right of people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide.

a proposed law.

a principle of the U.S. Constitution that states that the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.

to reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by Congress.

a principle of the U.S. Constitution that gives each branch of government the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other branches.

To set aside; disregard; overrule replace.

Document in which the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government are established.

A principle of the U.S. Constitution that established the division of power between the federal government and the states.

Contrary to what is permitted by the U.S. Constitution.

To approve. The Constitution could not go into effect until it was _____________ed by 9 states.

To cancel. "An amendment can be -------- ed"

an agreement in which each side gives up par of what it wants to end a disagreement.

A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers.

A weak constitution created in 1777 that governed America during the Revolutionary War. There was no executive (president) and the states had their own armies and could print their own money.

Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery