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PHS US Constitution
Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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A change to the constitution | amendment |
Reusing to buy goods from a company to protest one of their policies | boycott |
To patrol an establishment to convince workers and the public not to enter it | picket |
Clause of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make laws "necessary and proper" to carry out(stretch) the powers expressed in the other clauses | Elastic Clause |
the power of the government to take private property fro public use | Eminent Domain |
the system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others | Checks and Balances |
powers that both the national government and the states have | Concurrent powers |
Taxing exports, ex post facto laws, jail time without trial | Denied Powers |
powers directly state in the Constitution | Expressed Powers |
Powers needed to carry out the expressed powers, but ones that are NOT written out in the Const. | Implied Powers |
Popular Sovereignty | Consent of the Governed |
a statement in a constitution that sets forth the goals and purposes of government | Preamble |
a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments | Federalism |
Impede | |
Disparity | |
a system in which the power of the government is limited, not absolute | Limited Gov't |
Laws are made to reflect wants/needs of the | Majority Rule |
a written document stating your complaints to your gov't, an appeal | Petition |
to approve | Ratify |
a division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government | Separation of Powers |
public demonstrations outside a business to bring attention to your issue | Picket |
powers that belong strictly to the states | Reserved Powers |
statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the US "shall be the supreme Law of the Land" | Supremacy Clause |
the use of actions and symbols, in addition to or instead of words, to express opinions | Symbolic Speach |