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govt vocab 1
government vocab words
| Federal system | government has main authority with smaller political units |
| Unitary system | central government is supreme |
| Sovereignty | Top power or authority |
| Unicameral | Govt. with single legislative house |
| Ratify | To approve (treaty, contract + agreement) |
| Separation of powers | separation of govt. (executive, legislative judicial) |
| republic | supreme power is held by people + elected reps (president + not monarch) |
| Democracy | government by the people (they are voted in) |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers that both the national govt. and the states have |
| Reserved powers | powers that belong strictly to the states |
| Inherent powers | gives the govt. power just because they are the govt. |
| implied powers | powers that the govt. requires to carry out the expressed constitutional powers |
| Expressed powers | laws that are found in the constitution that gives the congress say |
| Delegated powers | powers the constitution grants or delegates to the nation govt. |
| Bureaucracy | govt. administrators (meeting) |
| Supremacy clause | gives power to the government |
| Elastic clause | gives congress the right to make all laws necessary to carry out the powers expressed |
| Interstate commerce | commercial trade business state |
| ordinance | a law |
| cede | to yield |
| confederacy | alliance of confederate states (independence)(southern state) |
| Magna Carta | royal character of political right given to rebellious English barons in 1215 by king John |
| Consensus | General agreement about basic beliefs |
| government | people with power over a nation, state or community |