Practice Test Flashcards
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What is the Executive Branch? What is their role in the government?
President: in charge of enforcing the laws + policies
What is the Legislative Branch? What is their role in the government?
Congress: in charge of making the laws
What is the Judicial Branch? What is their role in the government?
Supreme Court: in charge of interpreting the laws
State of peace and order within the nation
Domestic Tranquility
Future generations of people
Posterity
Order or decree officially
Ordain
Act or result of apportioning (divide and share)
Apportionment
Welfare
Happiness and fortune of a person or group
Concurrence
an agreement
Habeas Corpus
the right of an accused person to appear in court so a judge can determine whether he/she is being imprisoned lawfully
the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
Jurisdiction
Infringe
actively breaks the terms of a law, agreement, etc.
Deprive
deny the possession or use of something
Impartial
not partial or biased/treating all people equally
To set right
Redress
a proposed right
Bill
Veto
the power to reject/cancel a decision or proposal by a law-making body
Nominate
to propose someone for appointment or election to an office
Appoint
to name or assign to a position/office
alteration/addition to an action, bill, or constitution
Amendment
accuse (public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office
Impeach
Concurrent Powers
powers of the federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit (state or province)
Reserved Powers
political powers not granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, but reserved for the states or people
Executive Orders
the directive by the President of the U.S. that manages operations of the federal government
time period in which something lasts
Term
judgment/decision
Verdict
Delegated Powers
powers specifically assigned to the various branches of the federal government
Elastic Clause
allows Congress to exercise implied powers
Federalism
principles of federalists/advocacies at the federal system of government
Majority Rule
principle that a greater number should have greater power
Popular Sovereignty
principle that leaders of state and government are created and sustained by the current of its people
Separation of Powers
dividing the political power of the three branches of government among separate bodies
