Vocab quizs week 5

Delegated/Enumerated Powers 

• Powers reserved for the states by the Constitution.

• Powers specifically granted to the Federal Government by the Constitution.

• Powers that are implied but not explicitly stated in the Constitution.

• Powers that are denied to the Federal Government by the Constitution.

Articles of Confederation 

• The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, and replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

• A document that established a strong central government in the US.

• The first ten amendments to the US Constitution.

• A treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.

the Florida Constitution’s equivalent of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights

• The Florida Declaration of Rights

• The Florida Constitution Amendments

• The Florida Rights Charter

• The Florida Civil Liberties Act

Amend

• To change

• To destroy

• To ignore

• To create

Article III

• Defines the Legislative Branch

• Defines the Executive Branch

• Defines the Judicial Branch

• Defines the Administrative Branch

Constitution

• A detailed, written plan for the government.

• A set of unwritten rules for governance.

• A collection of historical documents.

• A summary of laws passed by Congress.

Implied Powers

• Powers explicitly stated in the Constitution

• Powers that are not authorized by any document

• Those powers authorized by a document that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated.

• Powers that are only applicable to state governments

Veto

• Approve

• Reject

• Accept

• Confirm

Supreme Law of the Land

• U.S Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

The Supremacy Clause   

• States that the Constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are “the supreme law of the land.”

• States that state laws take precedence over federal laws.

• States that the President has the power to override state laws.

• States that the Supreme Court can declare state laws unconstitutional.