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World History Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| those persons who supported the ratificarion of the Constitution in 1787-1788 | Federalists |
| Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies | Albany Plan of Union |
| those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise | Concurrent Powers |
| recall | Repeal |
| Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty | Ratification |
| plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the Constitutional Convention; called for a three-branch government | Virginia Plan |
| Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan; called for a unicamiral legislature | New Jersey Plan |
| Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business | Quorum |
| System ofgovernment in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and are held accountable in periodic elections | Representative Govt |
| Basic principle of American government in which states that government is restricted in what it may do and each individual has rights that govt cannot take away | Limited Govt |
| a legislative body with one chamber | Unicameral |
| a legislative body with two chambers | Bicameral |
| the power to make a law and to frame public policies | Legislative Power |
| All of the goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved | Public Policy |
| a form of government that is diveide into a central government and several local governments | Federal Govt |
| power the constitution gives the national government because it is the governmetn of a sovereign state | Inherent powers |
| a pact made directly by the President with a foreign country | Executive Agreement |
| states that government and officials are subject to the law | Rule of Law |
| delegates who drafted the constitiution | Framers |
| power of court to derermine constituionality of governmetn actions | Judicial Review |
| system allowing branches of powers to check on each other | Checks and Balances |
| power given to the National Government by Constitution | Delegated Powers |
| legal process by which a fugitive is returned to the state of crime | Extradition |
| states that all citizens are entilted to certain rights regardless of the state they reside | Privileges and Immunities Clause |
| a change in or addition to a constitution or law | Amendments |
| grants of Federal money or other resources to states, cities, | Grants in Aid Program |
| group of persons chosen in each state and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President | Electoral College |
| a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite | Oligarchy |
| a joining of several groups for a common purpose | Confederation |
| the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies | Government |
| a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national governemnt and several regional governments | Federalism |
| a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority | Dictatorship |
| Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which the governmental powers are divided by a geographic basis( in the United States, between the National Government and the States) | Division of Powers |
| the delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the ecpressed powers set out in the Constitution | Implied Powers |
| Chief Executives power to reject a bill passed by the Legislature | Veto |
| introduction | Preamble |
| Numbered sections of a document | Articles |
| Having supreme power within its territory | Sovereign |
| form of Federal aid to states under which they give the state, city, and countries a share of tax revenue. No restrictions | Revenue Sharing |
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