Unit Two Lesson Four Government

A system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches

• Due Process

• Checks and Balances

• Republican government

• Federalism

The principle that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures and safeguards

• Federalism

• Due process

• Independent judiciary

• Judicial review

A political system in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments

• Due process

• Republican government

• Federalism

• Judicial review

A system of judges and courts that is separate from other branches of government

• Federalism

• Due process

• Independent Judiciary

• Majority rule

The power of the courts to declare laws and executive acts unconstitutional

• Judicial review

• Republican government

• Checks and Balances

• Due process

A flexible approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution, taking into account current conditions in society

• Federalism

• Loose construction

• Strict construction

• Due process

A representative political system in which authority comes from the people and is exercised by elected officials

• independent judiciary

• Due process

• Federalism

• Republican government

A literal approach to interpreting the U.S. Constitution, using the exact words of the document

• Loose construction

• Federalism

• Strict construction

• Due process

Which branch of government does Article I explain?

• House of Representatives

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

To set out the goals of the national government formed by the Constitution

• Purpose of the Articles of Confederation

• Purpose of the Magna Carta

• Purpose of the Constitution

• Purpose of the Declaration of Independence