Vocab Pt. 1
A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body
What is bill?
What is impeach?
To prevent or delay a legislative bill from becoming a law by rejecting it
What is veto?
Which power can only the House of Representatives do?
What is introduce bills about raising money through taxes?
The president is in charge of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
The right or privilege of voting.
What is suffrage?
The power of the whole government being divided among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
What is separation of powers?
When the government, courts, and people are subject to the same laws.
What is rule of law?
How are all state governments similar to the federal government?
How does the American government work? Name the 3 branches and who is in them
Executive = president & vice president
Legislative = Congress
Judicial = Judges
Relating to a local government.
What is municipal?
The process of granting full citizenship to a person born in a foreign country.
What is naturalization?
Government by the people, exercised through direct voting.
What is direct democracy?
What condition can the Supreme Court strike down on a law?
What is when it goes against the Constitution?
The Senate and House of Representatives are in this branch.
What is legislative branch?
Government by the people, exercised through elected representatives.
What is representative democracy?
Things people do for the common good and for the good of a country.
What is civic virtue?
An organized plan for spending money during a given period of time.
What is budget?
What is Representative Democracy?
This branch enforces the laws
When people of a region determine the nature of their government and thus give the government its power.
What is popular sovereignty?
A group of people chosen to elect the president and vice president of the United States, usually by supporting the candidate who won the popular vote.
What is the Electoral College?
A judge on the highest court of a government, such as a judge on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is a justice?
Name 1 responsibility that the Federal government is in charge of and name another responsibility that the state government is in charge of.
What is
-running post offices
-issuing driver's licenses
This branch makes treaties with other countries
What is the executive branch?