Chapter 2 vocab Flashcards
(10 cards)
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What does the Legislative Branch do?
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- passes federal laws
- controls federal appropriations
- Approves treaties and presidential appointments
- Regulates interstate comerce
- Establishes lower-court system
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What does the Executive Branch do?
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- Enforces laws
- Serves as commander in cheif of armed forces
- makes foreign treaties
- nominates supreme court justices and federal court judges
- may pardon those convicted in federal court
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What does the Judical Court Do?
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- Review lower- court decisions
- decides constituonality of laws
- decides cases involving disputes between states
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Bicameral Legislature
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A legislative body composed of 2 chambers/ houses
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Expressed Powers
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powers that the constitution expolicitly grant to the federal government
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Judicia; Review
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The power of the courts to determine whether the actions of the president, the congress, and the state legislatures are consistent with the constitution
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Sepperation of Powers
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The dividsion of governemtnal power among several institutions that must cooperatew in decision making
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Federalism
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the system of government in which a constituion divides power betweem the central and regional government
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