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Constitution
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Question | Answer |
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implied powers | powers not directly stated in the Constitution |
amendment | change the Constitution |
supremacy clause | Federal law takes precedent over state law |
concurrent powers | powers held by both the state gov. and the federal gov. |
reserved powers | powers of the states |
enumerated powers | powers stated in the Constitution |
popular sovereignty | the right to govern comes from the people |
regulate | to control |
override | reject a veto |
checks and balances | keeps one branch from becoming too powerful |
veto | to reject |
judicial | interprets laws and punishes lawbreakers |
executive | carries out laws |
legislative | law making branch |
preamble | introduction to the Constitution |
anti-federalist | against the Constitution |
federalist | people for the Constitution |
compromise | give up something to get something |
federalsystem | power shared between a national gov. and a state gov. |