CIVICS 3.3 VOCAB

the power to hear appeals of cases which have been tried in lower courts

• executive branch

• appellate jurisdiction

• impeach

• implied powers

the power of Congress to vote to go to war with another country

• original jurisdiction

• presidential appointments

• declaration of war

• necessary and proper clause

the branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• foreign relations

the power of Congress to

pass all laws they deem necessary and proper for carrying out its enumerated

powers (also known as implied powers)

• regulate

• elastic clause

• article

• enumerated powers

the powers specifically named and assigned to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.S. Constitution, also known as enumerated powers

• naturalization laws

• implied powers

• enumerated powers

• delegated powers

the power of the legislative branch to print money (coins and bills) for use

• trade

• delegated powers

• necessary and proper clause

• coining money

the powers specifically named and assigned to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.S. Constitution, also known as delegated powers

• delegated powers

• original jurisdiction

• necessary and proper clause

• enumerated powers

a numbered chapter or section of a contract, treaty, or constitution

• elastic clause

• immigration

• article

• original jurisdiction

the nation’s military (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard and Navy)

• foreign relations

• armed forces

• judicial branch

• declaration of war

powers shared by the national, state, and/or local government

• concurrent powers

• enumerated powers

• delegated powers

• implied powers