Chapters 3 and 4

Question 1

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 1

A government that exists only with the consent of the people

Question 2

Limited government

Answer 2

The government can only do those things that the people gave it the power to do.

Question 3

Constitutionalism

Answer 3

Government must be conducted according to constitutional principles

Question 4

Rule of law

Answer 4

The government and its officers are never above the law

Question 5

Separation of powers

Answer 5

The powers of the government are separated so that no government is too powerful

Question 6

Check and Balances

Answer 6

Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks, or restraints, from other branches

Question 7

Veto

Answer 7

To reject

Question 8

Judicial review

Answer 8

the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action

Question 9

Unconstitutional

Answer 9

To declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect- a governmental action found to violate some provision of the constitution.

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

The division of power among a central government and several local governments

Question 11

How are the first three articles of the constitution different from the other four articles?

Answer 11

The division of power among a central government and several local governments

Question 12

Amendment

Answer 12

Change in the constitution

Question 13

Ratification

Answer 13

Signing or giving formal consent

Question 14

Formal amendment

Answer 14

Changes or additions that become apart of the written language of the constitution

Question 15

Bill of rights

Answer 15

The first ten amendments that set out each individual’s basic rights

Question 16

Executive agreement

Answer 16

A pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state

Question 17

Treaty

Answer 17

A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states

Question 18

Electoral College

Answer 18

The body that makes the formal selection of the nation’s president

Question 19

Delegated powers

Answer 19

A government only has those powers given by the constitution

Question 20

Expressed powers

Answer 20

Those powers delegated to the National Government

Question 21

Implied powers

Answer 21

Not expressly stated in the constitution, but reasonable suggested

Question 22

Inherent powers

Answer 22

Powers that belong to the national government because it is a sovereign state

Question 23

Reserved powers

Answer 23

Powers that the government does not grant to the National Government, but also doesn’t deny the states.

Question 24

Exclusive powers

Answer 24

They can only be exercised by the national government, not the states

Question 25

Concurrent powers

Answer 25

Powers that both the national government and the state governments can use

Question 26

Supremacy clause

Answer 26

The constitution ranks above all other forms of law in the United States

Question 27

Enabling act

Answer 27

An act directing the people of a territory to frame a proposed state constitution

Question 28

Act of Admission

Answer 28

An act that allows the government to create a new state

Question 29

Grant in aid program

Answer 29

Grants of federal money or other resources to the states and their cities, counties, and local units.

Question 30

Categorical grants

Answer 30

Grants made for specific, more closely defined purposes (school lunches, airports, etc.)

Question 31

Block grant

Answer 31

Made for much more broadly defined purposes than categorical grants(healthcare, social services, welfare, etc.)

Question 32

Project grant

Answer 32

Grants made to states, localities, and sometimes private agencies that apply for them

Question 33

Interstate compact

Answer 33

Agreements among themselves with other foreign states

Question 34

Full faith and credit clause

Answer 34

Addresses the duty that the states within the United States have to respect the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state

Question 35

Extradition

Answer 35

The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state can be returned to that state.

Question 36

Privileges and immunities clause

Answer 36

No state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those people who happen to live in another state