Civics Midterm Review

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  1. 6. Of Representives
  2. 11. The powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution.
  3. 13. The powers that are neither prohibited to be exercised by an organ of government
  4. 15. A political process when one or more lawmakers continue to discuss new laws in an effort to postpone or obstruct decision-making.
  5. 16. Social contract, people would give up unlimited freedom for the security provided by a government, but also that people of the state hold ultimate right to power
  6. 18. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries.
  7. 19. An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  8. 20. The study of government
  9. 21. Natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution
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  1. 1. Although not directly stated in the Constitution, are implied to be available based on previously stated powers.
  2. 2. Separation of powers and checks and balances
  3. 3. Two chambers
  4. 4. Concurrent powers are powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit, such as a state or province.
  5. 5. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
  6. 7. The elected head of a republic.
  7. 8. A population census or official count that records different information about each person.
  8. 9. Altering (an electoral constituencies) borders to favor one group or another.
  9. 10. Someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government.
  10. 12. A proposal to the United States Constitutional Convention for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.
  11. 14. Powers expressed in the constition
  12. 17. Federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the "supreme Law of the Land", and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws.