chapter 3

Question 1

The portion of the Constitution that states the purposes and goals of the government

Answer 1

Preamble

Question 2

A portion of the body of the Constitution

Answer 2

Articles

Question 3

The power of a court to rule on specific cases

Answer 3

Jurisdiction

Question 4

The portion of the Constitution that states that the Constitution, Congressional law, and treaties is the sovereign law of the land

Answer 4

Supremacy Clause

Question 5

Changes to the Constitution

Answer 5

Amendments

Question 6

rule by the people

Answer 6

Popular Sovereignty

Question 7

The division of power between the 3 branches of government

Answer 7

Separation of Powers

Question 8

System where each branch of government exercises some control over the others

Answer 8

Checks and Balances

Question 9

To deny the passage of a bill

Answer 9

Veto

Question 10

to approve

Answer 10

Ratify

Question 11

Congressional powers itemized in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

Answer 11

Enumerated Powers

Question 12

Authority of the Supreme Court to declare laws or actions unconstitutional

Answer 12

Judicial Review

Question 13

Powers directly stated in the Constitution

Answer 13

Expressed Powers

Question 14

Agencies and departments at the federal level

Answer 14

Federal Bureaucracy

Question 15

Give Congress the right to make deemed “necessary and proper”

Answer 15

Elastic Clause