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federal system | a political system in which the power is shared between a national government and the states |
compromise | an agreement in which each side agrees to give up something to get something more important |
export | to sell goods to other countries |
Electoral College | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President |
Anti-Federalist | a person who opposed the Constitution before 1789 |
Federalist | a person who supported the Constitution and a strong national government before 1789 |
Preamble | the introduction to the United States Constitution |
legislative | having the power to make laws |
executive | having the power to carry out laws |
judicial | having the power to decide how laws should be applied in individual cases |
checks and balances | a system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches |
veto | to reject a bill |
override | to defeat a veto on a bill |
popular sovereignty | the idea that people should have the right to rule themselves |
enumerated powers | the powers the federal government specifically mentioned in the Constitution |
reserved powers | the powers the Constitution gives to the states |
concurrent powers | the powers shared by the national and state government |
supremacy clause | a section of the Constitution stating that national law has higher authority than state law |
amendment | any change in the Constitution |
implied powers | congressional powers not stated specifically in the Constitution but suggested by the Constitution's necessary and proper clause |