Vocabulary 1
Fully revealed or expressed and leaving no questions as to meaning
Explicit
Related to a particular individual, situation, relation, or effect
Specific
to award or give as law
Grant
To take control or possession of a location
Occupy
To bring formal charges against a federal official
Impeach
A set of guidelines to be followed
Framework
The power of the chief executive to reject laws passed by the legislature
Veto
A proposed law
Bill
A change to the constitution
Amendment
A group of advisers to the president
Cabinet
An economic slowdown
Recession
Powers retained by the states
Reserved Powers
A tax on imports
Duty
Government subject to the will of the people
Popular Sovereignty
Powers shared by the state and federal governments
Concurrent Powers
The process by which the Supreme Court has the final authority to interpret the Constitution
Judicial Review
One who deals with finance and investment on a large scale
Financier
A system in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and Balances
Powers listed in the Constitution as belonging to the federal government
Enumerated Powers
Government principle in which power is divided among different branches
Separation of Powers
A summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violation by the state
Bill of Rights
Open and quick to take action
Responsive
Political system in which power is divided between the national and state government
Federalism
The following of procedures established by law
Due Process
A group of advisers to the president
Cabinet