Expanding Voting Rights
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment.
Can propose an idea for a bill
Who is anyone?
Federalism means that power is divided between the federal government and the ______
What are the states?
Can declare war
What is a delegated power?
At the state level, this person signs bills into laws.
Who is the governor?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th amendment?
This is what bills become after they are approved by Congress and signed by the President.
What are laws?
Powers given to the states are called
What are reserved powers?
Can conduct elections
What is a reserved powers?
The president can do this to a bill if he doesn't want to sign it.
What is veto a bill?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
The amount of votes in both the Senate and House of Representatives to pass a bill.
What is a simple majority?
These Powers are only given to the national government are called
What are delegated powers?
Can collect taxes
What is a concurrent power?
After a bill is introduced it goes to a _______
What is a committee?
This amendment was often ignored in the South due to poll taxes and literacy tests.
What is the 15th amendment?
Signs a bill into law at the federal level
Who is the president?
Under this amendment, powers not given to the federal government are RESERVED for the states.
What is the 10th amendment?
Can print money
What is a delegated power?
If the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, it goes here to resolve the differences.
What is a conference committee?
The slogan “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote” helped lead to the passage of this amendment.
What is the 26th Amendment?
They can introduce a bill
Who is any member of Congress--the House of Representatives or the Senate?
Powers that are shared between the national government and state governments are called
What are concurrent powers?
Can set up schools?
What is a reserved power?
The amount of votes it takes to overturn a president's veto.
What is 2/3 votes from both houses of Congress.