Succeeding In Early US History: Chapter 8 Review

The idea that the people control the power of government

• Popular sovereignty

• Limited government

• Enumerated power

• Reserved power

People rule by electing representatives.

• Republican government

• Democratic government

• Separation of Powers

• Concurrent Power

A _____________ has only the powers that are given to it by the people.

• Popular sovereignty

• Limited government

• Republican government

• Federalist system

Coining money, regulating interstate and foreign trade, maintaining the armed forces, creating federal courts

• Enumerated--or federal---powers

• Enumerated--or state--powers

• Reserved--or federal--powers

• Reserved--or state--powers

Any power not established by the constitution, including establishing schools and regulating trade within a state

• Enumerated--or federal---powers

• Enumerated--or state--powers

• Reserved--or federal--powers

• Reserved--or state--powers

Concurrent powers are ...

• Powers shared by the state and federal governments

• Powers held by the federal government

• Powers reserved for the state governments

• Powers reserved for the executive branch of government

Enumerated powers are ...

• Powers shared by the state and federal governments

• Powers held by the federal government

• Powers reserved for the state governments

• Powers reserved for the executive branch of government

Reserved powers are ...

• Powers shared by the state and federal governments

• Powers held by the federal government

• Powers reserved for the state governments

• Powers reserved for the executive branch of government

The Supremacy Clause states that ...

• the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land"

• the President holds the "supreme law of the land"

• the state governments protect the "supreme law of the land"

• the Supreme Court is the "supreme law of the land"

The President vetoing a law is an example of ...

• The Supremacy Clause

• checks and balances

• Judicial Review

• Federalism