Chapter 8 quiz

Popular Sovereignty

• the power is held by the people.

• is a division of power between the federal government and the state.

Limited Government

• the national government is divided into three branches – Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches.

• the government only has the powers granted to it by the people.

Federalism

• national law is superior to state law.

• is a division of power between the federal government and the state.

Checks and Balances

• the court’s power to decide if acts of Congress or actions of the President are constitutional.

• each branch could restrain the power of the other branches.

Judicial Review

• the court’s power to decide if acts of Congress or actions of the President are constitutional.

• each branch could restrain the power of the other branches.

Expressed Powers

• are clearly stated in the Constitution. (Congress collecting taxes)

• are not clearly stated in the Constitution, but are implied by the wording. (Congress passes draft laws to raise an army).

Reserved Powers

• only belong to the Federal Government

• the Constitution reserves for state governments those powers not given to the federal government.

Shared Powers

• Decides if actions by Congress or the President are constitutional.

• are powers that can be used by both State and Federal governments.

Legislative Branch = Congress – Makes / proposes the laws.

• Declare War

  Tax and borrow money

  Coin money

  Provide Post Offices

  Regulate foreign and domestic trade

• Commander and Chief of the armed forces

  Appoints Federal and Supreme court judges

  Chief Diplomat – receives ambassadors

  Makes treaties with foreign countries

Judicial Branch

• Decides if actions by Congress or the President are constitutional.

• national law is superior to state law.