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chapter 8 section 1 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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powers that are granted to the federal government | delagated powers |
giving conress authority to stretch its delegated powers to address issues not otherwise specified in the document | elastic clause |
powers retained by the state governments or citizens | reserved powers |
powers that are shared between the federal and state government | concurrent powers |
government by elected representatives of the people | representative democracy |
the use of population to determine how many legeslative representatives an area will have | apportionment |
to bring charges against | impeach |
to cancel legeslation | veto |
nonlegeslative directive issued by the us president in certain circumstances; an executive order has the force of congressional law | executive orders |
freedom of punishment | pardon |
group made up of the heads of the executive departments that advises the us president | cabinent |