U. S. History - Background of US History vocab review 25-26

first 10 amendments to the Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Federalism

• Ratification

government subject to the will of the people

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Powers

• Ratification

the system in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches to prevent any from becoming too powerful

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Laissez-Faire

a change to the Constitution

• Amendment

• Republic

• Bill of Rights

formal approval

• Ratification

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republic

form of government in which the power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote

• Republic

• Ratification

• Federalism

political system in which power is divided between the federal and state governments

• Federalism

• Capitalism

• Socialism

government principle where power is divided among different branches

• Separation of Powers

• Implied Powers

• Enumerated Powers

policy that government should interfere as little as possible in a nation's economy

• Laissez-Faire

• Federalism

• Implied Powers

powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but claimed by the federal government

• Implied Powers

• Enumerated Powers

• Bill of Rights