1.12: Vocabulary Check

A system where power is divided between a national government and state governments
A power of the legislative branch
A power of the executive branch
When a court reviews whether a law is constitutional or not
A system where each branch of government can limit the powers of the other branch
How the President prevents a law from coming into force

2. Which of the following sentences is most standard?

3. The first Ten Amendments of the United States Constitution are also known as….?

4. Which of the following is least standard?

5. Choose the right word for each prompt.

Establishes the executive branch
When a court prevents a party from doing something
A sentence or part of a sentence in the Constitution
Where the Constitution expressly reserves power for the States
Where the Constitution establishes itself as the highest law in the United States
A power of the federal government

6. Which of the following best explains “impossibility preemption”?

If a person must comply with both federal law and state law, the federal law invalidates the state law.
If a person cannot comply with both federal law and state law, the federal law displaces the state law.
If a person cannot comply with both federal law and state law, the state law displaces the federal law.
If a state law expressly provides that it invalidates a federal law, the federal law is preempted.