Key Terms
What is Federalism?
Government powers under U.S. Federalism.
What is National, State, and Concurrent Powers?
This document was adopted on July 4, 1776.
What is the United States Declaration of Independence?
The Constitution divides these three branches under Articles I, II, III.
What is Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), and Judicial (Supreme and Lower Courts)?
A political system where power is concentrated in the hands of a central leader of small group. Severely limited individual political freedoms and requiring strict obedience.
What is Authoritarian Government?
According to the U.S. Constitution, which of these actions if a power of the states.
A. Coin Money
B. Establish Post office
C. Conduction elections
D. Raising an army
What is conducting elections?
Lawmakers are elected by the people.
What is a democracy?
Makes laws, controls the budget, declares war, and can impeach federal officals.
What is Legislative?
All citizens in a community take an equal role in local Government by meeting to debate and vote on every law and political issue.
What is a direct deomcracy?
Lawmakers are elected by the people.
What is Democracy?
Was the first constitution of the United States.
What is Articles of Confederation?
Enforces laws, commands the military, issues executive orders, and appoints officials.
What is Executive?
Established the principle of limited Government, asserting that even the monarch is subject to the law.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A power reserved for state governments by the United States Constitution. (Hint Something they can establish...and somewhere you are right now!)
What is public schools?
They state the government gains authority from the people. Hint-Both of these documents share this.
What is the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?
Interprets laws and evaluates legal or constitutional disputes.
What is Judicial?
Directly expressed or stated in the constitution. You can see it in the constitution. Also called enumerated powers. Authority includes, collect taxes, coin money, declare war, raise an army and navy, regular trade among states.
What is expressed power?
In Mexico, the national and state governments share certain responsibilities. (This would be called...)
What is Federal?
To become a law, a proposed amendment must be approved by three-fourths of the states.
What is Ratification?
Constitutional system that divides government power among separate branches so each can limit the others and prevent any single branch from becoming too dominate.
What is Checks and Balances?