vocab quiz

Question 1

Enumerated Powers

Answer 1

Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution

Question 2

Federalism

Answer 2

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

Question 3

Reserved Powers

Answer 3

All powers not specifically delegated by the Federal government are to be reserved or saved for the state governments

Question 4

Concurrent Powers

Answer 4

powers that are shared by both the State and the federal government

Question 5

Denied Powers

Answer 5

Treaties, printing money, taxing feds, treaties, voting for amendments, slavery amendments

Question 6

Jurisdiction

Answer 6

the authority of a court to hear and decide cases within an area of the law or a geographical territory

Question 7

Naturalization

Answer 7

the legal process of acquiring citizenship for someone who has not yet acquired it by birth

Question 8

Bankruptcies

Answer 8

gives individual/corporation protection from their creditors and stops them from either permanently or temperamentally collecting a debt.

Question 9

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Answer 9

A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person in custody or under restraint

Question 10

Police Juries

Answer 10

a group of citizens who will decide the issues or questions of facts at trial.

Question 11

Home Rule Charters

Answer 11

a set of rules written by the government that define how the government will operate

Question 12

Napoleonic Code

Answer 12

the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property.

Question 13

Common Law

Answer 13

The body of law developed from custom and tradition as recognized by judicial decisions.

Question 14

Civil law

Answer 14

the body of law that is concerned with private disputes between two individuals or groups.

Question 15

What are the four federally recognized American Indian tribes in Louisiana?

Answer 15

-the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana

Question 16

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

Answer 16

It lacked jurisdiction and the Cherokee argued that it was an independent nation and that the United States could not impose laws on the Cherokee or their land.

Question 17

Worcester v. Georgia.

Answer 17

The states didn’t have the right to impose regulations on native american land.