III.A.8.1

Explain the structure and functions of the national government as expressed in the United States constitution, and explain the powers granted to the three branches of government and those reserved to the people, states and tribes, to include:<ol type="a"><li>the federal system (dividing sovereignty between the states and the federal government and their supporting bureaucracies)</li><li>the sovereignty of Native American tribes in relation to state and federal governments (and government to government relationships); bill of rights, amendments to constitution</li><li>the primacy of individual liberty</li><li>constitution designed to secure our liberty by both empowering and limiting central government</li><li>struggles over the creation of the bill of rights and its ratification</li><li>separation of powers through the development of differing branches</li><li>John Marshall's role in judicial review, including Marbury v. Madison</li></ol>