Gov. Chapter 1 & 2 Quiz

Enlightenment principles

Democracy, Natural Rights, Social contract

Democracy

Power is held by the people

Natural Rights

Life, liberty, and property, which government cannot take away

Social Contract

People allow their government to rule over them to ensure order in society

Populat Sovereignty

The government’s right to rule comes from the people

Republicanism

• Representative government

• Opposes direct democracy

• Americans use free, fair, and frequent elections to hold people accountable

Habeas Corpus

allows detained individuals to challenge the legality of their imprisonment or detention in court

Separation of Powers

a design of government that distributes power across institutions in order to avoid making one branch too powerful on its own; thus ensuring a balance of power

Checks and Balances

a design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy

Federalism

the sharing of power between the national government and the states

The Legislative Branch

Makes the laws

Enumerated/Expressed Powers

authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution

Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)

granting Congress the necessary powers to carry out enumerated powers

Implied Powers

authority of the federal government that goes beyond its expressed powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause. “In addition to expressed powers…”

The Executive Branch

Job is to carry out, and enforce the laws that have been passed by Congress

The Judicial Branch

interpret the laws

Supremacy Clause

COTUS, all national treaties and laws shall be the supreme law of the land

Judicial Review

the ability of the courts to overturn a law or executive action; is not explicit in the Constitution

Article I

legislature

Article II

president and executive

Article III

creates a Supreme Court

Article IV

relationship between the states

Article V

process to create another amendment

Article VI

states that Constitution is the federal law is supreme law of the land

Article VII

describes how the Constitution will be ratified