US History Review 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Checks and Balances | The ability of one branch of government to watch over another branch of government. Prevents one branch from becoming too powerful |
| Separation of Powers | Idea borrowed from Enlightenment Thinker Rousseau. Split the jobs and duties of the government into three different branches in order to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. |
| Federalism | Power split between the federal government with the local and state government. |
| Reserved Power | Power kept by the state |
| Delegated Power | Power given to the federal government. |
| Concurrent Power | Power shared by the state, federal and local government |
| Veto | An example of a check and balance |
| implied power | Power that is not written down but assumed. The Federalists favored this |
| Federalist | a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government |
| Anti-Federalist | a person who opposed a strong national government |
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