How was the Constitution used to establish our government? Unit 4-Vocabulary How was the Constitution used to establish our government?
Supreme Court
Supreme Court The highest court in the country
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights First 10 amendments to the Constitution
judicial review
judicial review Power of the Supreme Court to review laws and decide if they follow the constitution Considered unconstitutional if they do not follow the Constitution
ratify
ratify To approve
Federalists
Federalists Favored a strong national government and supported the new constitution
Anti-Federalists
Anti-Federalists Against the new Constitution Wanted a Bill of Rights added
supremacy clause
supremacy clause Says the Constitution and the laws of the United States are the highest laws in the land
federal system
federal system A system where the people have the ultimate power in government ,and they pass on their power to the state and national (federal) government. People-power in government State-people pass power to the state government Federal Government-people pass power to the federal government