POLI 1090 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Party System, Bicameralism, Article Two Of The United States Constitution
10 Apr 2018
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Agreements made at the constitutional convention, limited national government, separation of powers, checks & balances, federalism, made a bicameral legislature. Problems with articles of confederation: thirteen colonies were not uni ed , own currency, thought they were sovereign, required unanimous consent to change anything. Bicameralism: when a part of government is composed of two legislative chambers or branches. Separation of powers: this was a way that the constitutional convention limited the power of the government judicial, executive, legislative. Vii. bill of rights: 10th amendment: states that powers not speci cally given to the federal government will be left to the states respectively or to the people. Viii. full faith & credit clause: addressed the duties that states within the united states have to respect the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state . Xii. necessary & proper clause: congress has the power to make laws required for the exercise of its other powers established by the constitution.
