Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

a representative political system in which authority comes from the people and is exercised by elected officials]

Answer 1

republican government

Question 2

those powers of the national government that are specifically listed in the U.S. Constitution]

Answer 2

Enumerated powers

Question 3

those powers of the national government, and particularly of Congress, that are not specifically listed in the Constitution, but which the government can reasonably claim as part of its governing responsibility]

Answer 3

implied powers

Question 4

a clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which says that Congress can “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties; also known as the Elastic Clause]

Answer 4

Necessary and proper cause

Question 5

a clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that allows Congress to stretch its lawmaking powers to include laws that are “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties; also known as the Necessary and Proper Clause],

Answer 5

Elastic Clause

Question 6

the right of accused persons to be brought before a judge to hear the charges against them]

Answer 6

habeas corpus

Question 7

the subject matter over which a court may exercise authority; also, a court’s power to hear a case]

Answer 7

jurisdiction

Question 8

a clause in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, stating that it is the “supreme Law of the Land; this means that federal law supersedes all state and local laws],

Answer 8

Supremacy Clause

Question 9

the idea that people elect leaders to a governing body of citizens],

Answer 9

republicanism

Question 10

a system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches]

Answer 10

Checks and Balances

Question 11

the power of the president to reject a bill and send it back to Congress]

Answer 11

veto power

Question 12

a formal charge of wrongdoing against the president or other public official; the first step in removal from office].

Answer 12

impeachment

Question 13

a political system in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments],

Answer 13

federalism

Question 14

granted to the national government rather than to the states under the U.S. Constitution]

Answer 14

Delegated powers

Question 15

powers kept by the states under the
U.S. Constitution]

Answer 15

Reserved powers

Question 16

powers shared by the federal and state governments under the U.S. Constitution]

Answer 16

Concurrent Powers

Question 17

a clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that allows Congress to regulate trade with other nations and among the states],

Answer 17

Commerce Clause

Question 18

a system of judges and courts
that is separate from other branches of government]

Answer 18

Independent judiciary

Question 19

a legal case that does not involve criminal conduct, such as a lawsuit],

Answer 19

civil case