Powers that government requires to carry out the expressed constututional powers
Autocracy
A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual
Elastic clause
Gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper"
Popular sovereignty
Rule by the people
Concurrent power
Powers that both the national government and state have
Eminent domain
Power of government to take private property for public use
Checks and balances
System where each branch has some control over the others
Oligarchy
System of government in which a small group holds power
Veto
Rejection of a bill
State
A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an orginized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority
Separation of powers
The division of power amond the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
Reserved powers
Power that belongs strictly to the states
Ratify
To approve
Nation
A group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and, sometimes, religion