8/23/12 homework

1. A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. When these principles are written down into a single collection or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to comprise a written constitution.

2. people would live alot diffrent lives and we would have diffrrent cities and communites.

3. Ratification -is a principal's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal.

 Faction -a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like a faction in favor of big business.

Federalism -is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head.

Federalist/ Antifederalist -refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the constitution of 1787.

 Compromise- is to make a deal between different parties where each party gives up part of their demand.

The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) - was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

Checks and Balances - It guarantees that no part of the government becomes too powerful.

 Democratic Republic -is a country that is both a republic and a democracy. It is one where ultimate authority and power is derived from the citizens.

Delegated Powers of the Federal Government - delegated powers of the national  government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution, also called enumerated powers.

 

 

Reserved Powers of the State Governments - Concurrent powers are powers that are shared by both federal and state governments.

Separation of Powers -often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle, is a model for the governance of a state

Civil Liberties -are civil rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights.