CS #6 Vocab

Supporter of the Constitution

• Federalist
• Anti-Federalist

The right to exercise authority or to control an area or a group of people

• Ratification
• Sovereignty
• Proponent

Person against ratifying the Constitution

• Federalist
• Anti-Federalist

Section of Constitution that makes federal government head of state and local

• Supremacy Clause
• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble

Section of the Constitution that allows Congress the freedom to pass almost any law they want

• Supremacy Clause
• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble

Formal approval of an agreement, treaty or constitution

• Bestowed
• Proponent
• Ratification
• Residual

Branch of government that makes the laws

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Branch of government that enforces the laws

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Branch of government that interprets the laws

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Head of the executive branch

• Congress
• President
• Supreme Court