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an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
a) preamble
b) salutation
c) introduction
d) heading

basic principle of the American system of government that the people are the only source of any and all governmental power
a) separation of powers
b) popular sovereignty
c) checks and balances
d) limited government

basic principle of the American system of government; belief that government is not all powerful, and may only do things the people have given it the power to do
a) separation of powers
b) popular sovereignty
c) checks and balances
d) limited government

the principle that gives the powers of making, enforcing, and interpreting laws to separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
a) popular sovereignty
b) separation of powers
c) limited government
d) checks and balances

the system set up by the U.S. Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to limit the actions of the other branches
a) popular sovereignty
b) limited government
c) separation of powers
d) checks and balances

a system of government in which authority is divided between national and state governments
a) Democracy
b) Federalism
c) Parliament
d) Monarchy

another name for the elastic clause, which is the basis of the implied powers of Congress
a) unwritten constitution
b) necessary and proper clause
c) jurisdiction
d) equal protection clause

a combination of executive and legislative actions and interpretations and judicial decisions; especially judicial review as well as customs and development of political parties
a) unwritten constitution
b) necessary and proper clause
c) jurisdiction
d) equal protection clause

powers given by the Constitution to the national government and denied to state governments
a) delegated powers
b) implied powers
c) concurrent powers
d) reserved powers

those delegated powers of the national government implied by (inferred from) the expressed powers; those powers necessary and proper to carry out the expressed powers
a) reserved powers
b) concurrent powers
c) implied powers
d) delegated powers

powers shared by the national and state governments
a) concurrent powers
b) reserved powers
c) delegated powers
d) implied powers

those powers held by the state in the American federal system
a) concurrent powers
b) reserved powers
c) delegated powers
d) implied powers

the lawmaking agencies of a government (Congress)
a) executive branch
b) judicial branch
c)
d) legislative branch

part of a government that carries out its laws (President)
a) executive branch
b) legislative branch
c) judicial branch
d)

part of the government that decides if laws are carried out fairly (Supreme Court)
a) legislative branch
b) judicial branch
c) executive branch
d)

gathering information on the nation's population; required by the U.S. Constitution every ten years to determine the number of votes a state has in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College
a) census
b) jurisdiction
c) gerrymandering
d) data synthesis

an assembly elected by the voters that meets every four years to formally elect the President of the United States
a) Congress
b) Constitutional Convention
c) Electoral College
d) Primary Elections

power of a court to hear (to try and decide) a case
a) jury
b) jurisdiction
c) judicial review
d) judicial restraint

a change or addition to a legal document, motion, bylaw, law or constitution
a) bill
b) rewrite
c) alteration
d) amendment

constitutional guarantee that government will not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property by unfair, arbitrary, or unreasonable action
a) popular sovereignty
b) due process of law
c) civil rights
d) limited government

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