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CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS
FIVE BASIC PRINCIPLES
• Popular sovereignty
• Limited government
• Separation of powers
• Checks and balances
• Federalism
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• Government is based on the will of the people
THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
• Article I -----Legislative
• Article II -----Executive
• Article III ----Judicial
FEDERALISM
• Division of power between the central government and the states.
THREE PARTS OF THE CONSTITUTION
• Preamble
• Articles------ 7
• Amendments----- 27
AMENDMENTS
• Informal amendment
• Made through executive actions
• Formal amendments
• Proposed in 2 ways
National convention
2/3 Congress
• Ratified in 2 ways
• State Convention
• ¾ State Legislatures
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
• People are the most important source of governmental power
SEPARATION OF POWERS
• Division of governmental power among the different branches of government
CHECKS AND BALANCES
• System designed to prevent a single branch of government from becoming too powerful
FEDERALISM
• The sharing of power between the national and state governments
AMENDMENT
• A change or addition to the Constitution
BILL OF RIGHTS
• The first ten amendments to the constitution