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Unit 8-Constitution
The Constitution - terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| popular sovereignty | This principle of government states that political power rests with the people. This power is expressed by voting and free participation in government. |
| republicanism | This principle of government states that political power rests with the people. This power is expressed by voting and free participation in government. |
| limited government | basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away |
| separation of powers | Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law |
| checks and balances | Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law |
| federalism | the sharing of power between federal and state governments |
| preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| domestic | of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; example: unemployment, crime, transportation |
| infrastructure | the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems |
| veto | refusal to sign a bill or resolution |
| State of the Union | President's address to Congress in January each year; gives the state (conditions) of the country and makes legislative proposal for the coming session of Congress |
| electors | members of a party chosen in each state to formally elect the president and vice president (members of the electoral college) |
| impeachment | the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing |
| term of office | a limited period of time during which an elected official serves the public |
| revenue | government income |
| due process | the principle that a government must respect all of an individual's legal rights instead of just some or most of them when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property. |
| naturalization | the legal process by which a person is granted citizenship |
| appropriation | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose |
| filibuster | an attempt to defeat a bill in the senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the senate from taking action to the bill |
| amendment | a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law |
| ex post facto | "after the fact." An ex post facto law is one which makes a particular act illegal, and punishes people who committed that crime before the law was passed, i.e., when the act was legal. |
| reprieve | postponement or cancelation of a punishment |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| bill | a proposed law |
| posterity | future generations; those who come after |
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