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1 11/10/15 Notebook A laptop for your group Worksheet from yesterday Analyze the principals of the Constitution You NeedLearning Target Warm-up Why did the framers of the government feel the need to restructure the government?

2 P RINCIPLES OF THE C ONSTITUTION Graphic Organizer Notes

3 P RINCIPLES OF THE C ONSTITUTION At the Constitutional Convention, the delegates created a new plan for the U.S. government built around 7 basic principals

4 L IMITED G OVERNMENT Constitution limits the actions/power of the government by specifically listing powers it does and does not have

5 U NITED S TATES N EEDED

6 T HE U.S. NEEDED A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO

7 T HE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS KNOWN AS

8 F EDERALISM Dividing and sharing powers between the national and state governments

9 Reserved Both share the power State Powers Concurrent Both

10 Expressed Powers and Implied Powers The Federal Government

11 Expressed Powers The Supremacy Clause Means federal laws passed by Congress are supreme-they are superior to state laws Examples Examples: Print Money, declare war, establish immigration laws Stated in the Constitution

12 Implied Powers Intentionally clear Not directly stated Example The national government can pass a health insurance tax because it can collect taxes

13 Necessary and Proper Clause Congress can make laws necessary to running the country

14 Expressed or Implied Powers Concurrent Powers Reserved Powers

15 Police

16 R EPUBLICANISM People elect their political representatives, and those representatives serve at the will of the people

17 S EPARATION OF P OWERS Government is divided up between 3 equal branches, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, and they all have their own responsibilities

18 C HECKS AND B ALANCES Each branch of government holds some control over the other branches, to make sure one branch does not become too powerful

19 P OPULAR S OVEREIGNTY Popular = People Reign – to rule Popular Sovereignty – People rule People hold the final authority in government, and are the source of governments power. People do this by by voting

20 I NDIVIDUAL R IGHTS Basic liberties and unalienable rights listed in the Bill of Rights (1 st 10 Amendments)


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