Ch. 3 and Constitution
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- Q1The right of people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide.Popular Sovereignty30s
- Q2a proposed law.Bill30s
- Q3a principle of the U.S. Constitution that states that the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.Limited Government30s
- Q4to reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by Congress.Veto30s
- Q5a principle of the U.S. Constitution that gives each branch of government the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other branches.Checks and balances30s
- Q6To set aside; disregard; overrule replace.Override30s
- Q7Document in which the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government are established.Constitution30s
- Q8A principle of the U.S. Constitution that established the division of power between the federal government and the states.Federalism30s
- Q9Contrary to what is permitted by the U.S. Constitution.Unconstitutional30s
- Q10To approveRatify30s
- Q11To cancelRepeal30s
- Q12an agreement in which each side gives up par of what it wants to end a disagreement.Compromise30s
- Q13A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers.Land Ordinance of 178530s
- Q14A 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.Articles of Confederation30s
- Q15Created 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 slaveryNorthwest Ordinance of 178730s