Chapter 3 Lesson 3-4 Quiz Review Flashcards
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What is the Preamble
The start of the construction that includes our goals and purpose of government.
What are the Articles
A set of essays that tell you how the government should be set up.
What is a Amendment
Changes that were added to the Consultation because of changes in society
What is the Legislative Branch
It is the branch that makes laws(Other government departments)
What is the Executive Branch
It is the branch that enforces the law and carries out the law(President and Vice President)
What is the Judicial Branch
It is the branch that that interprets the law(Supreme Courts and other courts)
what is popular sovereignty
The idea of people leading the government
What is Limited government
That the government has less power in decisions and the people have more power
What is Separation of Power
Power is not all in one place but split into multiple areas
What is a system of Checks and Balances
A system that each branch of power can control the others so no branch gets to powerful.
What is rule of law
It is a system that holds everyone accountable to the same rules
What is Enumerated Power
It is a power given to congress to collect taxes
What is Reserved Power
Power that is reserved to the president
What is Concurrent Power
Power that is shared between the federal government and the state government
What is Supremacy Clause
It is power that is given o the Federal government that can override the state government
Who is the head of the executive branch
The President but with the support of the vice president and others in the branch.
What is the power that can make treaties with other nation and who takes top tear in this power
The president and the Senate can make treaties with other nation under the rules and regulation of Article 2 Section 2 and after both parties agree this it become international law.
Is the bill of rights in the articles of the construction
Yes they are in Articles 3-12
Once an amendment is proposed who in government need to approve it
The amendments have to be approved by 3/4th of the legislative branch
What is the final authority for interpreting the Construction
The final authority to the construction is the judicial branch with the supreme court and other courts
What is the highest law in the united states
The Construction is the highest law of the US
What is the Preamble to the Construction
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
What is article 1 of the construction
It is the base of of congress with the senate and the house of reps
Does the construction state that there shall be pollical parties in the US
The Contusion does not include pollical parties but they have become a more major part of government today