Ch.3 The Texas Consitiution Flashcards
Federalism
A system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments
Constitution
The legal structure of government, which establishes it’s power and authority as well as the limits on that power
Supremacy clause
Article VI of the United States constitution, which states that the constitution and laws passed by the national government and all treaties are the supreme law adopted by any subdivision
Necessary and proper clause
Article 1, section 8, of the united states constitution; it provides congress with the authority to make all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out it’s powers
Unicameral
Compromising one body or house, as in a one-house legislature
Bicameral
Having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses
Confederacy
The confederate states of America, those southern states that seceded from the United States in late 1860s and 1861 and argued that the power of the states was more important than the power of the central government
Radical Republicans
A block of Republicans in the US Congress who pushed through the adoption of black suffrage as well as an extended period of military occupation of the South following the Civil War
Grange
A militant farmers movement of the late 19th century that fought for improved conditions for farmers
Limited government
A principles of constitutional government;a government’s whose powers are defined and limited by a Constitution
Separation Of powers
The division of governmental power among several institutions that must cooperate and decision-making
Plural executive
And executive branch in which power is fragmented because election of State wide officeholders is independent of the election of the governor
Impeachment
Under the Texas constitution, the formal charge by the house of representatives that leads to trial in the Senate and possible removal of a state official
