1. I am collecting EVERYTHING today.
Instructions:
1. Complete the Bell Ringer on your own sheet of paper.
2. Write all notes that are underlined on your own sheet of paper.
3. Complete the in-class assignment on your own sheet of paper.
4. Complete your quiz on CIITS.
I am collecting EVERYTHING today.

2. Bell Ringer:
Tell whether a Federalist said the quote or and Anti-Federalist.
“Each state already has their own Bill of Rights, so we don’t need another one.”

3. The Constitution Preamble The Intro Form a more perfect union
Establish justice
Insure domestic tranquility (peace)
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general welfare
Secure the blessings of liberty (freedom)
Articles
The Main Course
7 articles create the three branches and describe how government will work.
Reflect principles for government.
Amendments
Changes
First ten – Bill of Rights (1791).
The Bill of Rights ensures the national government will protect personal freedoms.

4. 6 Basic Principles Popular Sovereignty Limited Government
Separation of Powers
Checks and balances
Judicial Review
Federalism

5. 1. Popular Sovereignty
Power to govern belongs to the people. Government must be based on the consent of the governed.
Expanded by amendments 15, 19, and 26 (gave the right to vote to non-whites, women, and 18 year olds).

6. 2. Limited Government
Guarantees that government does not hold all the power, and that it does only those things that people allow it to do.
Examples: Presidents can be impeached, representatives voted out of office, judges denied confirmation by the Senate.

7. 3. Separation of Powers
Division of government’s powers into three separate branches.
Congress - make laws.
President - execute/administer laws.
Courts - interpret/apply laws.

8. 4. Checks and Balances
Each branch of government has some control over the others.
Example: Congress passes laws and the President may veto those laws. In turn, Congress may refuse to provide funds the President requests for implementing programs.

9. 5. Judicial Review
Power of a court to decide whether a government action is constitutional.
Marbury v. Madison established judicial review.
Example: Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas overturned a law called separate but equal.

10. 6. Federalism
Division of governmental power between the national government and the states.
federal powers only: expressed powers
state powers only: reserved powers
both federal and state: concurrent powers

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