Vocab
Legislative Branch.
What is the branch of government responsible for creating laws?
Implied Powers
What is Certain powers are given to the national government even though they are not expressly presented in the Constitution.
Executive Branch
What is the branch of government that enforces law.
Preamble
What is the introduction to the US Constitution. It sets forth the general purposes of the American government and lists the major goals that the American government should strive for and explains what the founders hoped the laws would accomplish.
Census
What is an official count of the population taken every 10 years in the United States. Also It collects information about how many people live in each state, which is then used to determine representation in Congress and how federal funds are distributed.
Expressed Powers
What is powers that are specifically written into the U.S. Constitution and given to the federal government.
Veto
What is the power of the President (or a governor at the state level) to reject a bill passed by the legislature, preventing it from becoming law unless the legislature overrides the veto with enough votes.
Judicial Branch
What is the branch of government responsible for interpreting law and applying justice.
Republican Government
What is a form of government in which the people are governed by elected representatives.
The Articles
What is the first three articles explain the functions of the three branches of government: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
Whip
What is the official role is to count votes for bills that are being debated in Congress for the party leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The Rule of Law
What is the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
What is requires states to recognize one another’s laws and court decisions.
Limited Government
What is a government whose powers are limited by a written document or Constitution.
Congressional District
What is a specific geographic area within a state that elects one representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. Districts are drawn based on population so that each has about the same number of people.
Judicial Review
What is the power of the U.S. Supreme court to review laws and actions from congress and the president to determine whether they are constitutional.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
What is prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states.
Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929
What is a federal law that set the permanent size of the U.S. House of Representatives at 435 seats and established a system for automatically reapportioning (redistributing) those seats among the states after each census, based on population changes.
Filibuster
What is an action that obstructs the progress of the legislature, such as a prolonged speech or numerous questions.
Apportionment
What is the process of dividing up the 435 seats in the House of Representatives among the states, based on population counts from the census.