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11 Cards in this Set
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Preamble |
The opening section of the Constitution |
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Amendment |
Any change in the Constitution |
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Bill of rights |
First ten amendments to the Constitution |
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Income tax |
A taxon people's earnings |
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Popular sovereignty |
The notion that the power lies with the people |
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Rule of law |
Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern |
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Separation of powers |
the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
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Checks and balances |
a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others |
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Expressed powers |
Powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution |
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Reserved powers |
The powers that the Constitution does not give the national government that are kept by the states |
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Concurrent powers |
power shared by state and federal governments |
