Legislative Branch Vocab Quiz

to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.)

• advocate

• apportion

• budget

• legislate

How things (money, representatives, etc) are divided among or between people.

• advocate

• apportionment

• bill

• budget

a written description of a new law that is being suggested and that the lawmakers of a country, state, etc., must vote to accept before it becomes law

• advocate

• apportionment

• bill

• budget

A plan for making and spending money

• advocate

• apportionment

• bill

• budget

bringing people/groups together for a common purpose

• coalition building

• raising awareness

• advocacy

teaching others about the issue you care about, so that they know it's a problem or why it's important

• coalition building

• raising awareness

• advocacy

political powers that the Constitution has specifically given to the federal government.

• expressed powers

• implied powers

• reserved powers

political powers granted to the federal government that aren’t explicitly stated in the Constitution

• expressed powers

• implied powers

• reserved powers

powers that are not granted to the federal government and that are therefore held by the states and/or the people.

• expressed powers

• implied powers

• reserved powers

a plan for solving a problem within a community

• policy

• power

• public opinion