Government EXAM 1 (Part 2)

DEFINITION: A device that allows citizens to approve or repeal measures already acted on by legislative bodies ??

What did the Declaration of Independence serve as ??

DEFINITION: Independent colonies??

DEFINITION: Two-house, legislature ??

DEFINITION: Composed of a single body ??

Who does the EXECUTIVE (aka the PRESIDENT) Appoints federal judges; grant pardons and reprieves; commute sentences; recommend amendments to ??

Who does the EXECUTIVE (aka the PRESIDENT) Veto bills, call special sessions, propose bills, recommend legislation and ammendments, Act as Commander-in-Chief to ??

DEFINITION: Provision of Article I of the Constitution authorizing Congress to make those laws necessary and proper for carrying out the other laws it passes ??

DEFINITION: Provision of Article VI stipulating that the federal government, in exercising any of the powers enumerated in the Constitution, must prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent state exercise of power ??

DEFINITION: Supporters of the Constitution and its strong central government ??

DEFINITION: Opponents of the ratification of the Constitution ??

DEFINITION: Group---most often driven by economic motives-- that places its own good above the good of the nation as a whole ??

The Framers proposed two methods for submitting amendments. Under the first method, an amendement that is introduced to Congress and approved by a two-thirds vote of both houses may be submitted to the states for __1____. This method has been used to initiate every existing ___2___???.

DEFINITION: Power of the U.S. Supreme Court to review the acts of other political institutions and declare them unconstitutional ??

DEFINITION: Powers specifically allocated to the national government alone by the Constitution ??