Social Studies Vocabulary Review

Definition: a vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a president

• veto

• override

• filibuster

• impeach

Definition: commands that are signed by the president and have the power of law

• veto

• presidential referendum

• presidential pardon

• executive order

Definition: prevents someone from being tried twice for the same crime

• hung jury

• double testimony

• pleading the "Fifth"

• double jeopardy

Definition: the right to vote

• democracy

• representation

• 19th Amendment

• suffrage

Definition: taxes on imports and exports

• tariffs

• trade

• reciprocal trade

• trade barriers

Definition: the trade between two or more states

• bi-state trade

• interstate trade

• state-to-state trade

• coast-to-coast trade system

Definition: a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives, according to a plan of government

• federalism

• constitutional republic

• democracy

• confederacy

Definition: government with limited powers strictly defined by law

• limited government

• representative government

• expanded government

• balanced government

Definition: a power specifically given Congress in the Constitution

• separation of powers

• reserved power

• concurrent power

• enumerated power

Definition: a power belonging only to the states

• confederated power

• enumerated power

• concurrent power

• reserved power