Unit 4 Honors Vocabulary

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

• Confederacy

• Federalism

• Supremacy Clause

• Suffrage

Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Federalism

• Supremacy Clause

• Expressed Powers

powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Necessary and Proper Clause

Powers held jointly by the national and state governments.

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Suffrage

Powers given to the state government alone

• Expressed Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

Introduction to the Constitution

• Articles

• Amendments

• Preamble

to change in a formal way; to change for the better

• Ratify

• Amend

• Suffrage

• Supremacy

The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

• Supremacy Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Judicial Review

• Popular Sovereignty

Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Preamble

• Amend

the right to vote

• Amend

• Ratify

• Consent of the governed

• Suffrage