american govt. ch 4 vocab
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegates | representatives; members of Congress who cast votes based on the wishes of their constituents
🗑
|
||||
| trustees | lawmakers who votes based on his or her conscience and judgment, not the views of his or her constituents
🗑
|
||||
| partisans | lawmakers who owe his/her first allegiance to his/her political party and votes according to the party time
🗑
|
||||
| politicos | lawmakers who attempt to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles
🗑
|
||||
| bills | proposed laws presented to a legislative body for consideration
🗑
|
||||
| floor consideration | the process by which proposed laws are considered and acted upon by the full membership of the House or Senate
🗑
|
||||
| oversight function | review by legislative committees of the policies and programs of the executive branch
🗑
|
||||
| term | two-year period of time during which Congress meets
🗑
|
||||
| session | period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business
🗑
|
||||
| convene | to begin a new session of Congress
🗑
|
||||
| adjourn | suspend, as in a session of Congress
🗑
|
||||
| recess | a time when both houses of Congress temporarily suspend business
🗑
|
||||
| prorogue | adjourn, as in a legislative session
🗑
|
||||
| special session | an extraordinary session of a legislative body, called to deal with an emergency situation
🗑
|
||||
| franking privilege | benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage-free
🗑
|
||||
| Luther Patrick | U.S. Representative from Alabama during 1937-1943; was also a lawyer and entertainer of poetry and radio
🗑
|
||||
| Nancy pelosi | The first woman do be elected Minority Whip, and the first woman elected Speaker of the House of Representatives
🗑
|
||||
| harry truman | President who called the most recent special session in 1948 to consider anti-inflation and welfare measures in the aftermath of World War II.
🗑
|
||||
| federalism | system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central government and several regional governments
🗑
|
||||
| division of powers | assigning some powers to the federal government and others to the States
🗑
|
||||
| delegated powers | powers granted by the Constitution
🗑
|
||||
| expressed powers | powers specified clearly in the Constitution
🗑
|
||||
| inherent powers | powers that belong to all independent national governments
🗑
|
||||
| reserved powers | powers not given to the national government or denied to the States
🗑
|
||||
| exclusive powers | powers that can only be used by the national government
🗑
|
||||
| concurrent powers | powers shared by the national and State governments
🗑
|
||||
| Supremacy Clause | the provision declaring the Constitution to be the supreme law of the land
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
gretchenweibel