american goverment

larson

courtney

delaro

himers

murphey

• 1.25 years old
• 2. 7 years

2 years

435

draw district boundaries for partisan advantage

• 1.leader of the house
• 2.rep john bahne

popular elections of u.s senators

when your 16 you can work/ federal income

• vote for cloture
• call for a vote on a bill
• 60 votes

suggest that goverments are only legitimate if they are created by a voluntary impact amoung the people

a loose association of states or territorial units formed for a common purpose

the basic framework of law that prescribes how goverment is to be made, and what powers and resposibilities it shall have

the first constitution of the united statesadopted during the last stages of the revolutionary war,created a system of goverment with most power lodged in the states and little in the central goverment

a political docterine advocating for limited goverment based on popular consent.protected against majority tyranny.

a goverment that systematically violates the rights of the individual

a legislative body with a single chamber

enactments postponing the collections of taxes or mortgae payments

proposal by the large states at the strong central goverment with power of goverment apportioned to the states in the basis of population

proposal of the smaller states at the constitutional convention to create a goverment based on the equal representation of the states in unucameral legislature

also called the great compromise;the compromise between the new jersey and virginia plans formulated by the connecticut delegates at the constitutional convection; called for a lower legislature house based on the equal represenetive of all states

desribing a system in which significant govermental are powers are divided between a central goverment and smaller territorial units

the provision in article vi of the constitution that states the constitution and the laws of treatis are the surpreme law of the land

article i, section 8. of the constitution also called the nessecary and proper clause. gives congress the power to make what ever laws possible

the distribution of goverment legislative, executive, and judicial, powers to seperate branches of the goverment

the constitutional principle that goverment power shall be divided and that the fragments should balance or check one another to prevent tyranny

same as capitalism; a economic system charecterized by competitive markets and private ownership

proponents of the constitution during the ratifaction fight;

oppenents of the constitution during the fight over ratifacation