| Term | Definition |
|---|
| representative democracy | a government led by officials who are chosen by the people |
| delegated powers | powers granted to the federal government |
| elastic clause | provides flecibility for the government |
| veto | cancel |
| executive order | a command that has the power of law |
| pardon | freedom from punishment |
| cabinet | department secretaries....who advise presidents |
| impeach | vote to bring charges of treason OR to remove from office |
| apportionment | planned distribution of representatives |
| serperation of powers | divided into 3 branches to provide a balance of powers |
| concurrent powers | shared powers of state and federal |
| reserved powers | powers kept by the state government or by citizens |
| legistlative | branch that MAKES LAWS |
| executive | branch that ENFORCES LAWS |
| judicial | branch that INTERPRETS LAWS |
| Virginia Plan | the plan to have number of congress members per state be based on POPULATION |
| New Jersey Plan | the plan to have number of congress members per state be EQUAL for each state |
| Great Compromise | the agreement that decided the Senate would use New Jersey Plan and the House would use the Virginia Plan |
| 3/5ths Compromise | the agreement to count slaves as a fraction of a person when counting population |
| president | head of the Executive Branch |
| bicameral | the term meaning "TWO" houses |
| Senate | the "upper" house; has TWO members from each state |
| House of Representatives | the "lower" house; number of members are based on a state's population |
| 1st amendment | part of the Bill of Rights that includes freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion and to petition |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments of the Constitution |
| appoints judges | the check the president has on the Supreme Court |
| veto bills | the check the president has on Congress |
| impeach the president | the check Congress has on the president |
| impeach judges | the check Congress has on the Supreme Court |
| declare laws unconstitutional | the check the Supreme Court has on Congress |
| declare executive actions unconstitutional | the check the Supreme Court has on the president |
| amendment | a change to the constitution |
| override | the power congress has to pass a law the president vetoed |
| 2nd amendment | part of Bill of Rights that includes right to bear arms and state militias |
| Articles of Confederation | the way the US government was run BEFORE the Constitution |
| preamble | the first part of the Constitution |
| articles | how the Constitution is split into sections |
| We the People | the first three lines of the Constitution |
| Congress | the House of Representatives and the Senate combined |
| federal | the government who can declare war |
| state | the government that runs schools |
| federal | the government that coins money |
| state | the government that maintains roads |
| both | the government that can levy taxes |
| state | the government that decides marriage laws |
| federal | the government that runs the Post Office |
| 435 | total number of Representatives in the House |
| 100 | total number of Senators in the Senate |
| Vice President | head of the Senate |
| unconstitutional | if a law is NOT in the CONSTITUTION, it is declared this |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
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