SS8 - Ch. 9/10 Vocabulary

a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch.

• Cabinet
• Advisory Board
• Executive Committee
• Council of Ministers

the clause in Article I of the Constitution that grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers granted in the Constitution.

• Elastic Clause
• Supremacy Clause
• Commerce Clause
• Article I Clause

an action or event that serves as a guide for similar actions or events in the future.

• precedent
• example
• guideline
• template

a tax that is placed on goods brought into one country from another.

• tariff
• excise duty
• import tax
• sales tax

of or belonging to a foreign place.

• native
• local
• domestic
• alien

a payment used to persuade some to do something, especially something illegal or immoral.

• gift
• bribe
• donation
• reward

an interpretation of the Constitution that says the government has the power to do anything that is not specifically denied by the Constitution.

• Enumerated powers
• Strict interpretation

• Expressed powers
• Loose interpretation

not favoring either side in a quarrel, contest, or war.

• Biased
• Partial
• Neutral
• Aligned

to make something invalid or no longer legal and binding.

• invalidate
• nullify

• confirm
• validate

an organized group of people with similar political beliefs that seeks to influence public policy by getting like-minded candidates elected to public office.

• Interest group
• Political action committee
• Social movement
• Political party