American Government-Chapter 3 Review

bicameral

• The lower federal courts

• null and void, of no force and effect

• Having two parts, a legislative body composed of two chambers

• A power of courts to decide what the constitution means

federalism

• Having two parts, a legislative body composed of two chambers

• A Power of courts to decide what the Constitution means

• A system of government where a written constitution divides power between a central government and several regional governments like states

• A system of overlapping the powers of legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others

judicial review

• The lower federal courts

• null and void, of no force and effect

• Having two parts, a legislative body composed of two chambers

• A Power of the courts to decide what the Constitution means

The Constitution has lasted more than ___________ years.

• 300

• 200

• 400

• 500

A change in or addition to a constitutional law is known as a(n) _______________________.

• popular sovereignty

• Petition of Right

• amendment

• judicial review

The first 10 Amendments are known as the _______________.

• Petition of Right

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

The group that formally selects the nation's president is the _____________.

• Congress

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• Electoral College

concurrent powers

• Powers that both the national government and state governments possess

• Powers that are exercised by the National government alone

• Enumerated powers

• Delegated powers to the National Government that are spelled out

Extradition

• The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State

• Congressional Act admitting a new State to the Union

• Grants of federal money or other resources to States, cities, counties, and other local units

• People of a United States territory must first frame a state Constitution before admission into statehood.

______ is the branch of government that carries out laws

• executive branch

• unalienable

• petition

• sovereignty