Title: 
Headings: Chapter 3: The Constitution Section 1
Chapter
 
3:
 
The
 
Constitution
 
Section
 
1
 

Key
 
Terms,
 
cont.
 

Key
 
Terms,
 
cont.
 

Key
 
Terms,
 
cont.
 

Outline
 
of
 
the
 
Constitution
 

Popular
 
Sovereignty
 

Limited
 
Government
 

Separation
 
of
 
Powers
 

Checks
 
and
 
Balances
 

Checks
 
and
 
Balances,
 
cont.
 

Judicial
 
Review
 

Federalism,
 
cont.
 


Content: Separation
 
of
 
Powers
 

 
Checkpoint: How
 
does
 
the
 
separation
 
of
 
powers
 
keep
 
government
 
from
 
becoming
 
too
 
powerful? The
 
Constitution
 
divides
 
power
 
among
 
the
 
legislative,
 
executive
 
and
 
judicial
 
branches. Congress
 
makes
 
the
 
laws,
 
the
 
President
 
executes
 
and
 
administers
 
the
 
laws,
 
and
 
the
 
Supreme
 
Court
 
interprets
 
the
 
laws. Separation
 
of
 
powers
 
keeps
 
a
 
strong
 
central
 
government
 
from
 
being
 
too
 
powerful. Too
 
much
 
power
 
concentrated
 
in
 
any
 
one
 
branch
 
could
 
lead
 
to
 
abuses
 
of
 
that
 
power. Checks
 
and
 
Balances
 

 
Each
 
branch
 
of
 
the
 
federal
 
government
 
can
 
check
 
the
 
power
 
of
 
the
 
other
 
two. The
 
President
 
can
 
veto
 
bills
 
passed
 
by
 
Congress,
 
but
 
Congress
 
can
 
override
 
a
 
veto. The
 
Senate
 
can
 
reject
 
presidential
 
appointees
 
or
 
refuse
 
to
 
ratify
 
a
 
treaty. Congress
 
can
 
vote
 
to
 
impeach
 
a
 
federal
 
official.