Unit 3 Vocab: Founding of the New Government

A change, correction, or improvement added to a document; a change to the U.S. Constitution

• Amendement

• Ratify

• Implied Power

• Due Process

A proposed law that is submitted to a legislature for approval

• Amendment

• Bill

• Veto

• Ratify

A system by which each branch of government limits powers of other branches so that one branch becomes too powerful

• Concurrent Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Majority Rule

Power held by two or more levels of government

• Implied Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Electoral College

• Concurrent Power

The right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary action by the government

• Due Process

• Judicial Review

• Ratify

• Individual Rights and Responsibilities

A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

• Implied Powers

• Electoral College

• Majority Rule

• Enumerated Powers

Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Enumerated Powers

• Reserved Powers

Powers granted by the Constitution specifically to one level or branch of government

• Implied Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Expressed Powers

Powers that the government requires in order to carry out the expressed powers of the Constitution. These powers are not directly written in the Constitution

• Implied Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Enumerated Powers

Power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution

• Due Process

• Judicial Review

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers