Government Terms Quiz

Consisting of two houses

• bicameral

• bill

• bill of attainder

• citizen

a group of advisors to the president

• caucus

• constituents

• citizen

• cabinet

to cancel or make ineffective

• nullify

• ratify

• veto

• override

a tax that had to be paid in order to vote

• partisan

• primary

• poll tax

• incumbent

the right to vote

• naturalization

• suffrage

• primary

• implied powers

the process of becoming a citizen

• popular sovereignty

• partisan

• naturalization

• citizen

a formal plan of government

• constitution

• bill of attainder

• amendment

• ex post facto

a proposed law

• amendment

• bill of attainder

• concurrent powers

• bill

a section in the Constitution that allows Congress to stretch their powers to fulfill their responsibilities

• electoral college

• elastic clause

• enumerated powers

• executive branch

punishes someone for something they did that was not illegal at the time they did it

• habeas corpus

• ex post facto

• bill of attainder

• federalism