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NAME CLASS DATE<br />

Section 3: Guided Reading and Review<br />

Informal Procedures<br />

CHAPTER<br />

3<br />

As You Read<br />

As you read Section 3, complete the chart below by writing a brief definition of each method of<br />

constitutional change shown, and by giving an example of each.<br />

Basic Legislation<br />

1. Definition: ______________<br />

passage of laws<br />

____________________________<br />

that refine or define the Constitution<br />

2. Example: ________________<br />

establishing court<br />

_______________<br />

system<br />

Executive Action<br />

3. Definition: _______________<br />

using the President’s<br />

____________________________<br />

power to act independently of Congress<br />

4. Example: ________________<br />

expanding President’s<br />

war powers; making pacts with foreign<br />

leaders _______________<br />

without consent of the Senate<br />

Constitutional<br />

Change<br />

Court Decisions<br />

5. Definition: ______________<br />

using court cases<br />

____________________________<br />

to interpret the Constitution<br />

6. Example: _______________<br />

Marbury v. Madison<br />

_______________<br />

and judicial review<br />

Party Practices<br />

9. Definition: ______________<br />

using practices<br />

of political parties to change<br />

______________________________<br />

political processes<br />

10. Example: _______________<br />

nominating<br />

presidential candidates at<br />

national ______________<br />

conventions<br />

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Custom<br />

7. Definition: _______________<br />

upholding long-held<br />

_____________________________<br />

customs as constitutional necessity<br />

8. Example: _________________<br />

making executive<br />

department heads the<br />

_______________<br />

President’s Cabinet<br />

B. Reviewing Key Terms<br />

Define the following key terms.<br />

11. treaty ____________________________________________________________<br />

a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states<br />

a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state, skirting the<br />

12. executive agreement ______________________________________________________________<br />

need for Senate approval<br />

the Senate’s rejection of a presidential appointment when that appointment is opposed<br />

13. senatorial courtesy ________________________________________________________________<br />

by a majority party senator from the State in which the appointee would serve<br />

Guided Reading and Review Chapter 3 27

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