Terms

Question 1

Governor

Answer 1

Elected head of a state

Question 2

powers of supreme court

Answer 2

review and decide appeals from trial courts

Question 3

structure of supreme court

Answer 3

1 chief justice, 8 associate justices

Question 4

3 main levels if supreme court

Answer 4

district courts, circuit courts, supreme court

Question 5

resting clause

Answer 5

part of the constitution that gives the president to execute laws

Question 6

appointment powers

Answer 6

legal authority to make the owner of property

Question 7

executive order

Answer 7

a signed, written, and published instructions by the president that manages the operations of the federal goverment

Question 8

advice and consent laws

Answer 8

power that the senate has to consult and approve treaties signed by the president

Question 9

commerce clause

Answer 9

gives congress power to regulate interstate commerce and restricts states from impairing interstate commerce

Question 10

necessary and proper clause

Answer 10

allows congress the ability to make laws or to act where the constitution doesn’t give it authority to act

Question 11

popular sovereignty

Answer 11

political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish the goverment

Question 12

colonial rule

Answer 12

control over a nation or territory by a foreign power. this leads to exploitation of resources, new laws, and suppression of culture/traditions

Question 13

AOC

Answer 13

agreement to pay for damages caused by violations

Question 14

state of the union

Answer 14

a message from the president to congress during the beginning of the year

Question 15

commander in chief power

Answer 15

gives the president exclusive power to command the military

Question 16

judicial review

Answer 16

the courts have the authority to determine the acts of executive and legislative

Question 17

enumerated powers

Answer 17

powers granted to congress by the constitution (collecting taxes)

Question 18

implied powers

Answer 18

gives congress the right to make all laws

Question 19

inherent powers

Answer 19

enables the goverment actions to preform duties

Question 20

social contract

Answer 20

when a group of people agree to give up certain rights and accept central authority to protect other rights

Question 21

limited goverment

Answer 21

an idea that there should be restriction on goverment to protect the people natural rights

Question 22

federalism

Answer 22

a system which power are divided between national and state goverments

Question 23

direct democracy

Answer 23

people themselves determine laws and policies in which they are governed by

Question 24

common good

Answer 24

available and accessible to everyone in society and benefits them

Question 25

republic

Answer 25

form of goverment which people can elect/choose their leaders

Question 26

Individual rights

Answer 26

people are able to pursue life without interference from other people or goverment

Question 27

natural rights

Answer 27

rights that can’t be restrained by human laws (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness)

Question 28

3/5th compromise

Answer 28

slaves would be counted as 3.5 of a person for representation and taxation

Question 29

great compromise

Answer 29

an agreement that the goverment would have two houses in congress