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Civics Chapter 3

Horizontales
actions by the president are called --- amendments
The 27 amendments are called this
guarantees that the government will protect the rights of its citizens.
The last part of the Constitution is made up of the
argued that a strong central government would ignore the rights of the states.
This would give large states more votes—and more power—than small states
is the idea that the power of government comes from the people
The first -- amendments are the Bill of Rights
Can declare unsonsitutional
1785 It set up rules for measuring and selling the land. It divided land into townships six miles square
Rebellion scared the whole country.
Changing the Articles required the approval of all thirteen
Roger Sherman of Connecticut came up with the great
Verticales
interpret laws, or decide what laws mean, and make sure laws are enforced fairly.
Only -- did not send delegates. That state did not want a stronger central government.
Can impeached the President
The Constitution or guarantees, popular sovereignty by giving citizens the right to
The convention decided that a special group of electors, chosen by state legislatures would elect the president and vice president
The Articles of Confederation was necessary for the states to form a government together because they could not fight a war with 13 separate
The U.S. Constitution is the highest law of the
Can veto legislation
The Articles of Confederation became the first constitution of the
Congress did not end the -- trade before 1808
In January 1776, its leaders wrote the first state constitution
This meant that three-fifths of the enslaved population of a state would count toward seats in Congress
Federalist leaders promised to add a bill of rights if the Constitution was
believed the Constitution would create a system in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
Some powers belong to both levels of government
Powers that Allows Congress to use powers that are not directly written in the Constitution
This would give large states more votes—and more power—than small states
The government is divided into three parts called