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Question | Answer |
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powers that are granted to the federal government | delegated powers |
part of the constitution /giving Congress authorityto stretch it delegated powers to address issue | elastic clause |
powers retained by the state governments or by citizens | reserved powers |
powers that are shared by the / federal and state government | concurrent powers |
government by elected representatives of the people | representative demoracray |
the use of population to determine how many leg. representatives an area will have | apportionment |
to bring charges against | impeach |
NOTE: the senate will tril the Pres. | impeach |
to cancel legislation (laws) | veto |
nonlegislation directives issued by the U.S. Pres. in certain circumstances;exe. orders have the force of congressional law | executive orders |
freedom from punshiment | pardons |
group made up of the heads of the exe. departments that advises the U.S. president | cabinet |