Chapter 8: The United States Constitution

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Bill of Rights

• Direct Democracy

Formal charges against an official to remove them from office.

• veto

• amendment

• impeach

• citizenship

The legal status of being a citizen in a country.

• citizenship

• direct democracy

• amendment

• representative democracy

Executive rejects a bill submitted by the Legislative branch.

• Amendment

• Veto

• Impeach

• Popular Sovereignty

System where each branch has some authority over the other.

• Veto

• Impeach

• Direct Democracy

• Checks and Balances

Government in which people elect officials to make decisions.

• Citizenship

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Separation of Powers

A change to the Constitution

• Veto

• Direct Democracy

• Amendment

• Popular Sovereignty

A government in which decisions are made directly by all of the people.

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Powers

People hold the final power in the government.

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Direct Democracy

Division of power between the 3 Branches of government.

• Checks and Balances

• Representative Democracy

• Separation of Powers

• Direct Democracy