The Constitution Vocab

Question 0

Article of confederation

Answer 0

A weak constitution that governed American during the revolutionary war.

Question 1

Unalienable

Answer 1

A human tight based on nature of god.

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Republic

Answer 2

A government in which elected officials make the decisions.

Question 3

Judicial review

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The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.

Question 4

Enumerated powers

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Powers given to the national government alone

Question 5

Reserved powers

Answer 5

Powers given to the state government alone

Question 6

Concurrent powers

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Powers shared by the national and state governments

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Checks and balances

Answer 7

Authority shared by three branches of government

Question 8

Separation of powers

Answer 8

Constitutional authority is shared by the three different branches of government

Question 9

Faction

Answer 9

A group with a distinct political interest

Question 10

Coalition

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An alliance of factions

Question 11

Bill of rights

Answer 11

First ten amendments to the constitution

Question 12

Habeus corpus

Answer 12

An order to produce an arrested person before a judge

Question 13

Bill of attainder

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A law that declares a person without trial to be guilty of a crime

Question 14

Ex post facto law

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A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed

Question 15

Amendment

Answer 15

A new provision I the constitution that has been ratified by the states

Question 16

Line-item veto

Answer 16

An executive’s ability to block a particular provision inability passed by the legislature