TOPIC 3.9
The Constitution
THEMATIC FOCUS Politics and Power (PCE)
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions, political parties, and the rights of citizens.
Learning Objective J
Explain the continuities and changes in the structure and functions of the government with the ratification of the Constitution.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-3.2.II.C.ii
Delegates from the states participated in the Constitutional Convention that created a limited but dynamic central government embodying federalism and providing for a separation of powers between its three branches.
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions, political parties, and the rights of citizens.
Learning Objective J
Explain the continuities and changes in the structure and functions of the government with the ratification of the Constitution.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-3.2.II.C.ii
Delegates from the states participated in the Constitutional Convention that created a limited but dynamic central government embodying federalism and providing for a separation of powers between its three branches.
