SS 7 CG 2 9

A system of government in which the powers of government are divided between the national government, which governs the whole country, and the state governments, which govern the people of each state.

• veto

• federalism

• repeal

• cabinet

a form of government based on a written set of laws that all citizens agree to; in this form of government, the constitution is the highest law of the land

• popular sovereignty

• Constitutional government

• judicial review

• concurrent powers

U.S. Supreme Court case that established judicial review

• Marbury v. Madison

• concurrent powers

• majority rule

• federalism

the power of the U.S. courts to examine the laws or actions of the legislative and executive branches of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the U.S. Constitution

• majority rule

• cabinet

• judicial review

• federalism

government by consent of the governed

• judicial review

• reserved powers

• popular sovereignty

• veto

Powers given to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution

• reserved powers

• federalism

• delegated powers

• concurrent powers

powers set aside by the U.S. Constitution for the states or for the people

• concurrent powers

• reserved powers

• delegated powers

• repeal

powers shared by the federal government and the states

• concurrent powers

• reserved powers

• delegated powers

• repeal

a refusal by the president or a governor to sign a bill

• cabinet

• veto

• repeal

• federalism

the leaders of the executive departments, who also act as advisers to the president

• repeal

• cabinet

• federalism

• veto