Civics Assignment 8/23

1. Define the Constitution…..in your own words in a PARAGRAPH (3-5 sentences) 
A written record, that is a body of principles. It allows a state or other organization to be governed. All of the documents written may be said to be the Constitution.

2. How would your life be without the constitution ?  
We wouldn't have any written legal documents, to follow any rules in the US.

3. Define the following words:

Ratification - to approve or give formal sanction to; confirm

Faction - or factionalism may refer to: Political faction, a group of people connected by a shared belief or opinion within a larger group

Federalism - a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units

Federalist - describes several political beliefs around the world


Antifederalist - refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
 

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 - each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others

Democratic Republic - is a country that is both a republic and a democracy

Delegated Powers of the Federal Government - Expressed, Implied, Inherent

Reserved Powers of the State Governments - a power that can be exercised that can be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of another government

Separation of Powers - a model of the governance of the state

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