Vocab
The power the president has to stop opposed laws.
What is a veto?
This branch makes and passes laws.
What's the legislative branch?
State Government Powers are also known as this.
What are Reserved Powers?
This person has the power to veto proposed laws.
Who's the president?
A written change made to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
When someone doesn't like the effects of an amendment, another amendment can do this to it.
What does repealed mean?
They head the executive branch.
Who's the president?
Federal Government Powers are also known as this.
What are Delegated Powers?
Checks and balances do this.
What ensures that no branch of the federal government becomes too powerful?
This article outlines the process for making amendments.
What is Aricle V?
Powers set aside by the Constitution for the states or for the people.
What is a reserved power?
The Supreme Court heads this branch of government.
What's the judicial branch?
This government(s) has/have the power to maintain law and order, collect taxes, and establish courts.
What powers are shared by Federal and State Government?
They can check the lawmaking power of the president.
What is Congress?
After an amendment has been proposed, it must then be ratified by this fraction of the states.
What's a 3/4 vote?
The powers the Constitution gives to the federal government.
What is a delegated power?
Congress is made of these two houses.
What's the Senate and House of Representatives?
This government(s) have/has the power to make marriage laws, establish local government, and conduct elections.
What powers does the State Government have?
This provides a system of checks and balances.
What is the Constitution?
This method for proposing an amendment has never been used sucessfully.
What method uses a 2/3 vote from states that can ask Congress to call a national convention to propose an amendment and never worked?
Powers shared by the federal government and the states.
What's a concurrent power?
This article established the judicial branch or federal court system to interpret laws and punish lawbreakers.
What is Article III?
This government(s) has/have the power to declare war, coin and print money, and admit new states.
What powers does the Federal Government have?
Overriding a presidential veto requires this fraction vote of both houses of Congress.
What's a 2/3 vote?
Two ways of proposing an amendment.
What needs a 2/3 vote in both houses and the legislatures of 2/3 of the states to ask Congress to call for a national convention?