Vocabulary
How many are articles are in the original Constitution?
What is 27
How many amendments in the Constitution?
What are 27
What is the Bill of Rights?
the first ten amendments to the Constitution
A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states is called what?
What is a treaty.
Only ________________ has the power to admit new States to the ______________
Only Congress has the power to admit new States to the Union
What is popular sovereignty?
Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and the government can exist only with the consent of the governed
What is the highest form of law in the United States?
The United States Constitution
What is a veto?
chief executive’s power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
A presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers is called what?
What is the cabinet
Congress has admitted ________ States since the original 13 formed the _____________
Congress has admitted 37 States since the original 13 formed the Union
What is limited government?
the basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away
What is checks and balances?
system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
Define unconstitutional
contrary to constitutional provision and so illegal, null and void, of no force and effect
A pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require Senate consent.
What is an executive agreement
An act creating the new State. If the President signs the act, the new State enters the Union.
What is an act of admission
What is constitutionalism?
basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law.
What is the power of judicial review?
the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national government and several regional governments is called what?
What is federalism
What are the two most recent States admitted to the Union?
Alaska and Hawaii
The basic principle of American system of government that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government.
What is separation of powers
What is the rule of law?
concept that government and its officers are always subject to the law.
What is senatorial courtesy?
custom that the Senate will not approve a presidential appointment opposed by a majority-party senator from the State in which the appointee would serve
A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law is called what?
What is an amendment
An act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed State constitution.
What is an enabling act.
What early Supreme Court Case is connected with the power of judicial review?
What is Marbury v Madison