Unit 1 - Lesson 3: Framing the Constitution

Question 1

amendments

Answer 1

changes to the U.S. Constitution

Question 2

bicameral

Answer 2

having two houses, or parts, as in a legislature

Question 3

Bill of Rights

Answer 3

the first ten amendments to the Constitution; defines the basic rights of all people living in the United States

Question 4

checks and balances

Answer 4

a system that allows each branch of government to check, or control the other two brances

Question 5

compromise

Answer 5

an agreement in which both sides give up a little and receive a little

Question 6

concurrent powers

Answer 6

powers shared by the national and state governments

Question 7

democracy

Answer 7

a form of government that is run by the people it serves

Question 8

Elastic Clause

Answer 8

another name for the Necessary and Proper Clause

Question 9

Executive branch

Answer 9

the part of the government responsible for enforcing, or carrying out, laws

Question 10

expressed powers

Answer 10

powers that the Constitution specifically gives to the federal government

Question 11

federalism

Answer 11

the division of power between the national, or federal, government and state governments

Question 12

guarantee

Answer 12

an official promise

Question 13

House of Representatives

Answer 13

one of the houses of Congress; membership depends on the population of each state

Question 14

implied powers

Answer 14

powers that are given to the federal government, but are not directly stated in the Constitution

Question 15

judicial branch

Answer 15

the part of the government responsible for interpreting laws

Question 16

legislative branch

Answer 16

the part of the government responsible for making laws

Question 17

legislature

Answer 17

the law-making branch of the state or federal government

Question 18

Necessary and Proper Clause

Answer 18

a section of the Constitution that gives the national government the power to make all laws necessary to carry out expressed powers

Question 19

originate

Answer 19

to start in; to come from

Question 20

Philosophy

Answer 20

a way of thinking

Question 21

prohibited

Answer 21

forbade; outlawed

Question 22

reserved powers

Answer 22

powers that are reserved, for a special purpose

Question 23

self-government

Answer 23

government controlled by the people it serves

Question 24

separation of powers

Answer 24

the division of the U.S. government into three branches

Question 25

Senate

Answer 25

one of the houses of Congress; each state is represented by two senators

Question 26

senators

Answer 26

members of the Senate

Question 27

taxation

Answer 27

a government’s system for raising money by charging certain fees to its citizens

Question 28

Three-Fifths Compromise

Answer 28

a compromise passed at the Constitutional Convention, stating that each slave would count as three-fifths of a person