Chapter 3--The Constitution
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- Q1Sets out the basic principles upon which government in the U.S. was built. Is organized into eight sections: the Preamble, and seven articles. The original document is followed by 27 amendmentsConstitution30s
- Q2States the purpose of the constitutionPreamble30s
- Q3Legislative BranchArticle I30s
- Q4Executive BranchArticle II30s
- Q5Judicial BranchArticle III30s
- Q6Relations among the States and with the National GovernmentArticle IV30s
- Q7Amending the ConstitutionArticle V30s
- Q8National debts, supremacy of national law, and officeArticle VI30s
- Q9Ratifying the ConstitutionArticle VII30s
- Q10Asserts that the people are the source of any and all government power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governedPopular Sovereignty30s
- Q11States that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take awayLimited Government30s
- Q12The principle in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are three independent and coequal branches of governmentSeparation of Powers30s
- Q13The system that allows the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to check, or restrain, the actions of one anotherChecks and Balances30s
- Q14Consists of the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental actionJudicial Review30s
- Q15A system of government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governmentsFederalism30s