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terms and names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| preamble | introductios to the u.s. constitution |
| congress | national legislater of the u.s. |
| senate | uppeer house of congres |
| house of represenative | lower house of congress |
| cheeks and balances | provision to keep one branch from conreolling the other two branches |
| enumerated powers | powers specifically grnted in the constitution |
| elastic clause | clause that allows congress to pass laws necessary to carry out its enumeratd powers |
| implied powers | powers not specifically stated in the costitution |
| electoral college | electors chosen by th state to elect the constitution |
| succession | order in which the office of president is filled if it becomes vacant before an election |
| state of the union adress | message delvered by the president each year |
| supreme court | highest federal court in the u.s. |
| extradition | procedure for returning a person charged with a crime to the state wher the crme was committed |
| ratify | to officially approve the constitution or an amendment to it |
| bill of rights | first en amendments |
| due process of law | all the rocedures for fair teatment that must be caried out whenevver a citizen is accused of a crime |
| doule jeopardy | being tried mre than once for the same crime |
| reserved powers | powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the state belong to the state and the people |
| suffrage | rght to vote |
| popular sovereignty | a government in which the people rule |