Other Vocab
What is Federalism
is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
What is the First and Second Amendment?
The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
What is the Bill of Rights
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Separation of powers
Separation of powers refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with those of the other branches
What are checks and balances?
Checks and balances, principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
What was the Enabled Act during the creation of all 50 states
is a statute enacted by the United States Congress authorizing the people of a territory to frame a proposed state constitution as a step towards admission to the Union.
What are the third and fourth Amendments?
The Third Amendment has instead been cited by courts as evidence that the Constitution created a general right of privacy for individuals, to protect them from government intrusion into their personal affairs. The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures by government officials.
What is the Popular Sovereignty?
Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power
What are inherent Powers
Inherent powers are powers not explicitly specified in the Constitution that enable the government to take actions necessary to efficiently perform essential duties
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What are Implied Powers
Are powers authorized by the Constitution that, while not stated, seem implied by powers that are expressly stated
What is the fifth and sixth amendment?
The Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination protects witnesses from forced self-incrimination, and the Sixth Amendment provides criminal defendants with the right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses.
What is Constitutionalism
Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law
What are Reserved Powers?
Reserved powers, residual powers, or residuary powers are the powers that are neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law to any organ of government.
Name on example of who checks who in the concept of Checks and Balances
Open ended
What are delegated powers?
This includes the power to coin money, to regulate commerce, to declare war, to raise and maintain armed forces, and to establish a Post Office.
What is the seventh and eighth amendment?
the Seventh Amendment highlights the jury's role as “fact finder,” and it imposes limits on the judge's ability to override the jury's conclusions. ... The better-known component of the Eighth Amendment is its prohibition against “cruel and unusual” punishment.
What are formal amendments?
The 27 amendments to the Constitution are called formal amendments
What are Exclusive Powers?
Exclusive powers are those powers reserved to the federal government or the states
If the President of the United States decides they want to go to war with another country, which branch of government has to approve it?
The legislative branch
What is the necessary and proper clause?
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States.
The Ninth and tenth amendment?
The Ninth Amendment says, "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." The Tenth Amendment says, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
What is executive agreement?
An executive agreement is an agreement between the heads of government of two or more nations that has not been ratified by the legislature as treaties are ratified
What are Concurrent Powers?
Concurrent powers refers to powers which are shared by both the federal government and state governments
If a the legislative branch wants to pass a law, who checks to see if it is constitutional?
Judicial Branch