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Constitution Terms
The Constitution Handbook Terms & Names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Preamble | Introduction to the U.S. Constitution |
| Congress | National legislature of the U.S. |
| Senate | Upper house of Congress |
| House of Representative | Lower house of Congress |
| Checks and Balances | Provisions to keep one branch from controlling the other two branches |
| Enumeratd powers | Powers specifically granted in the Constitution |
| Elastic clause | Clause that allows Congress to pass laws necessary to carry out its enumerated powers |
| Implied powers | Powers not specifically stated in the Constitution |
| Electoral Collge | Electors chosen by the states |
| Succession | Order in which the offce of president is filled if it becomes president is filled if it becomes vacant before an election |
| State of the Union Address | Messge delivered by the president each year |
| Supreme Court | Highest federal court in the U.S. |
| Extradition | Pricedure for returning a person charged with a crime to the state wher the crime was commited |
| Ratify | To officially approve the Constitution or an Admemndment to it |
| Bill of Rights | First ten admendments |
| Due process of law | All the procedures for fair treatment that must be carried ou twhenever a citizen is accused of a crime |
| Double jeopardy | Being tried more than once for the same crime |
| Reserved powers | Powers not specifically granted to the federal goverment or deinied to the states |
| Suffrage | Right to vote |
| popular sovereignty | goverment in which the people rule |
| Seperation of powers | a division of basic goverment roles into branches where no one branch is given all the power |
| limited goverment | rule |