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quiz 2
Stack #131208
| Word | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Congress | the nation legislative body of the US consisting of the senate and the house of representives |
| Consent of Governed | the belief that best government is empowered only by the authorization of those who are ruled |
| Constitution | law of the US, framed in 1787, ratified in 1789, and variously amended since then |
| Constitutional Convention | formal meetings of the state delegates in Philly in 1787 where the constitution was written |
| Declaration of Independence | declaration of congress of the 13 states of america, on july 4th 1776,where the colonies were declared free from great britain |
| delagated powers | powers given by the US constitution to the govt |
| democratic party | one of the 2 major political parties in US, owning its origin to a split in the democratic-republican under andrew jackson in 1828 |
| dictatorship | absolute or despotic control or power |
| direct democracy | system of govt in which the people participate directly in the voting process |
| direct election of senators | process in which senators are voted on directly by the people, put in place to force senators to be more responsive to the people |
| division of powers | basic principle of federalism |
| due process of law | an established course for judicial proceedings or other govt activities desgined to safeguard the legal rights of the individual- basic rights that belong to each person |
| elastic clause | article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the constitution which is the basis for the implied powers of the congress |
| electorial college | a body of electors chosen to elect the presisdent and vice president of the US |
| electorate | a body of qualified voters |
| executive branch | the branch of the US govt that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
| executive power | the powers of the executive branch of govt to carry out the laws |
| executive privilege | the principle that members of the executive branch of govt cannot legally be forced to disclose their confidental communications when such disclosure would adversely affect the operations or procedures of the exec. branch |
| expressed powers | those delagated powers of the national govt that are given to it in so many words by the constitution |
| democracy | govt by people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives |
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