Vocab Flashcards
Limited government
Idea that government may only use the powers given by people
Popular sovereignty
The belief that government is subject to the will of people
Implied power
Authority not specifically mentioned by the constitution
Concurrent power
Power shared by the states and government
Judicial review
Court can review actions of executive and legislative branches to determine if the Constuition is violated
Cabinet
Topic executive advisors to the president
Judiciary act of 1789
States keep own laws and courts but federal courts have power to reverse decisions
Bonds
Notes that promise money to get payed back
Edmond Genet
French citizen who tried to recruit Americans into French Navy
Impressment
Act of coercing someone into government service
Pinckney’s Treaty
Right to trade in New Orleans, Treaty with Spain
Platform
Declared party
Caucuses
Meeting of member of legislative body
Alien
Resident who is not a citizen
Deport
To send out of a country