Ch. 3 vocab

Ch. 3 vocab

1. commerce clause

   • gives congress the power to:
     • regulate commerce with foreign nations

2. concurrent powers

   • powers held by both national and state gov.

3. confederal system

   • system of government
     • ultimate authority rests with the state or regional government

4. Court-packing plan

   • Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to:
     • add new justices to the S.C

5. direct democracy

   • political power exercised by citizens

6. dual federalism

   • doctrine stating that state and federal gov have separate functions

7. enumerated powers

   • Powers expressly granted to Congress by Constitution
     • raising armies,
       • declaring war
         • establishing rules for citizenship

8. federalism

   • system of government in which
     • sovereignty is constitutionally divided
       • between state and national government.

9. fugitive slave clause

   • Required states to return runaway slaves

10. habeas corpus

    • the right of arrested individuals to go before a judge.

11. The Frankenstein veto

    • Wisconsin's veto authority
    • allows the governor to:
      • create entirely new language by
        • crossing out words and numbers throughout a bill
          • radically changing the meaning of the law

12. unitary system

    • system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government