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Principle Of the Constitution POWERS C ONSTITUTION FEDERALISM POTPOURRI 100 Point 200Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points TERMS
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Which of the Six Basic Principles of the Constitution calls for three separate branches of government with equal powers ?
JUDICIAL REVIEW
Which principle gives the Judicial branch of government the power to test the Constitutionality of government actions?
CHECKS AND BALANCES
Each branch of government has the power to check the other branches of government through what principle of the U.S. Constitution?
RULE OF LAW
What phrase is used along with Limited Government states that no ruler is above the laws of their lands?
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
Which basic principle of the Constitution states the people are the only source of government?
VETO
Through checks and balances, what can the President do to cancel a bill?
INHERENT POWERS
What powers are granted to the National Government simply because it is a sovereign nation?
CONCURRENT POWER
Many rights, laying taxes, are given to both the National Government and State Government making it what type of power?
IMPLIED POWERS
What powers are not actually written the Constitution but gives Congress the necessary and proper power to carry out functions?
10 th AMENDMENT
The States receive Reserved Powers through what section of what document?
BILL OF RIGHTS
What is the name given to the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution?
DELEGATED
Since the Constitution assigns specific powers to the National Government, what do we call those powers?
FULL FAITH AND CREDIT
What implies that contracts, like marriage license, will be valid in the state they were issued as well as others?
INFORMAL
Unwritten changes to the Constitution through basic legislation, executive action, and custom are what type of amendments?
EXTRADITION
What term states a criminal who flees to another state upon capture, may be transferred back to face justice where they originally committed the crime?
SUPREMACY CLAUSE
What clause states that the Constitution is the Supreme Law in the United States?
FORMAL
What type of Amendments make actual changes to the U.S. Constitution?
ELASTIC CLAUSE (Necessary and Proper)
What clause stretches the government’s power so they can do everything necessary and proper?
CUSTOM
Washington began the “No Third Term” tradition, which is what type of amendment?
SPEECH, RELIGION, PETITION, ASSEMBLY, PRESS
What are the five rights associated with the first amendment?
FEDERALISM/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
What is the term for a government divided between a central power and similar regional powers?
U. S. CONSTITUTION
The National Government’s rights and powers are stated directly in what document?
State Aid to National Government (i.e. national elections)
What is Cooperative Federalism ?
NATIONAL LAWS FOR NATIONAL CONCERNS, LOCAL LAWS FOR LOCAL CONCERNS
What are laws created to help everyone as a whole, or those at local levels?
GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAMS
What example of Cooperative Federalism involves the Federal Government supplying money to local Governments to carry out their functions?
TWO-THIRDS
When an amendment is proposed, how much of Congress is needed to approve it?
THREE- FOURTHS (38)
After passing in Congress, what amount of the States is needed to formally approve a amendment to the Constitution?
NATION AND STATE
Through Federalism, who has the power to tax citizens?
UNENUMERATED
What rights, not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, are given to citizens through the Ninth Amendment?
INTERSTATE COMPACTS
States may not enter into treaties or alliances, but they can enter agreements know as what?
Make your wager
MARTIAL LAW
What is action taken by the President called when he overrides the states power?