https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm Vocabulary en-us 2018-02-27 17:49:41 UTC 2026-01-05 01:38:55 UTC hello@padlet.com andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236037330 The constitution of the United States established the laws and government of America.]]> 2018-02-27 17:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236037330 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038016 The House of Representatives and the Senate form a bicameral system.]]> 2018-02-27 17:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038016 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038431 an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.]]> 2018-02-27 17:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038431 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038571 In order to ratify the Constitution nine states had to approve it.]]> 2018-02-27 17:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038571 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038722 The point of the event was to determine how America was going to be governed.]]> 2018-02-27 17:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038722 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038849 This 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.]]> 2018-02-27 17:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236038849 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039012 The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes.]]> 2018-02-27 17:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039012 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039155 When Americans vote for a President and Vice President, they are actually voting for presidential electors, known collectively as the electoral college. It is these electors, chosen by the people, who elect the chief executive]]> 2018-02-27 17:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039155 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039330  Known for their support of a strong national government, the Federalists emphasized commercial and diplomatic harmony with Britain ]]> 2018-02-27 17:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039330 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039390 Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government with regional governments in a single political system]]> 2018-02-27 17:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039390 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039547 These people opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.]]> 2018-02-27 17:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039547 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039675 The introduction to the Declaration of Independence includes is the Preamble. This is stating the reason behind the colonists want for independence. ]]> 2018-02-27 17:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039675 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039773 This is the law making sector of the government. ]]> 2018-02-27 17:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039773 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039863 This is the part of government that enforces the laws that Congress pass. The president of the United States is a part of this branch.]]> 2018-02-27 17:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039863 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039937 This is the branch that carries out laws and passes them. ]]> 2018-02-27 17:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236039937 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040019 This is a minor change in a document and the Continental Congress made amendments to the Constitution when it didn't work out too well. ]]> 2018-02-27 17:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040019 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040198 The doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.]]> 2018-02-27 17:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040198 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040324 The rule of law is the principle that law should govern a nation, as opposed to being governed by decisions of individual government officials.]]> 2018-02-27 17:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040324 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040446 The separation of powers, often imprecisely and metonymically used interchangeably with the trias politica principle, is a model for the governance of a state.]]> 2018-02-27 17:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040446 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040609 counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. The government makes sure that no branch gains too much power over another.]]> 2018-02-27 17:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040609 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040751 The powers that are specifically named in the Constitution.]]> 2018-02-27 17:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040751 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040835  Reserved power is a political power that is not enumerated or prohibited by a constitution, but instead is reserved by the constitution for a specified political authority, such as a state government.]]> 2018-02-27 17:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040835 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040987 Concurrent power is a political power independently exercisable by both federal and state governments in the same field of legislation]]> 2018-02-27 17:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236040987 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236041073 the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.]]> 2018-02-27 17:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236041073 andlit0640 https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236041250 The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.]]> 2018-02-27 17:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/andlit0640/cosf9s53dllm/wish/236041250