Unit 4 Separation of Powers

Define the term  elastic clause.

• This is a clause that only the Executive branch can weild

• the power of Congress to pass all laws they deem necessary and proper for carrying out its enumerated powers

• Congressional laws that detail how and when to tax

• Another name for a presidential veto

Choose the correct definition for the term impeach.

• A stated power that belongs to the judicial branch

• Means to levy charges against a official

• The investigation by the Senate

• To remove a government official from office

A government that has been limited in power by a constitution or written agreement

   What choice best reflects a Constitutional government.

• A style of British imperialism

• A form of government based on a written set of laws that all citizen agree to.  In this form of government, the constitution is the highest law of the land

• The way that the U.S.A gained independence from Great Britain

• A type of Government that has a President as the leader.

Which choice best reflects the idea of the Separation of powers.

• The federal government is divided into 3 branches and they all have their own roles and responsibilities

• The idea that all branches are unequal to one another

• That the Judicial Branch is the strongest and most powerful

• The idea that the government is set up by the constitution

What idea allows for each branch of government to limit the power of other branches?

What is the Power called when the judicial branch decided if executive actions and laws passed by Congress are unconstitutional

·       What is the introduction to the Constitution

   Why does the government exist?

  Using what you have learned from the analysis of the Preamble, explain where the government gets its power.

• The British monarch gave the U.S. the idea of the Preamble

• The Founding Fathers

• o   We the People made the constitution and gave the government power

• The constitution