Unit 3 Vocabulary

Powers specifically listed in the Constitution for the national government

• Implied Powers

• Delegated powers

• Inherent Powers

• Reserved powers

Necessary & Proper clause

• lets the national government expand its powers

• limits the powers of the national government

• says laws from the national government take precedence over state laws

• lists the specific powers of the national government

What is the constitutional basis for implied powers?

• Necessary and proper clause

• Supremacy clause

• full faith and credit clause

• citizenship clause

Leader of the House of Representatives is

• Speaker of the House

• President of the House

• House majority leader

• House whip

A constituent is

• a member of Congress

• a citizen that a lawmaker represents

• the person who makes sure the party has enough votes

• the most powerful person in the Senate

Political stalemate or deadlock where nothing is getting done in government

• Habeas corpus

• ex post facto

• policy gridlock

• gerrymandering

Redrawing district lines so that they benefit one party over another

• Reapportionment

• executive privilege

• policy gridlock

• gerrymandering

Apportionment refers to

• redrawing the congressional districts

• dividing the 435 seats in Congress among the states based on population

• the power of the Senate to approve judges

• the power of the President to veto a bill

Article I of the Constitution explains

• the executive branch

• the judicial branch

• the legislative branch

• the amendment process

The Executive branch is described in

• Article I

• Article II

• Article III

• Article IV