Vocab flashcards week 5

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Amend

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To change

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Ratify

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Officially approve

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Veto

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Reject

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Powers given to the state

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Reserved powers

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Supreme Law of the Land

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U.S Constitution

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Implied Powers

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Those powers authorized by a document (from the Constitution) that, while not stated, seem to be implied by powers expressly stated.

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Delegated/Enumerated Powers 

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Those powers specifically granted to the Federal Government by the Constitution. 

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Elastic Clause

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A statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass laws. 

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Concurrent Powers

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Those powers that are shared between the federal and state governments. 

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The Supremacy Clause   

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States that the Constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are “the supreme law of the land.”