Civics Unit 3 Vocabulary

A written plan of government

• Constitution

• Preamble

• Bill of Rights

• Separation of Powers

Legislature consisting of two parts

• Senate

• Bicameral

• Bicuspid

• House of Representatives

To vote approval of

• Legislate

• Amend

• Ratify

• Priority

A law, usually of a city or county

• Ordinance

• Compromise

• Ratify

• Function

Settling differences

• Bicameral

• Confederation

• Compromise

• Ratify

A group of individuals or state governments

• Confederation

• Competition

• Constituent

• Compromise

Form of government where power is divided between the central and state governments

• Federalism

• Executive

• Constitution

• Bicameral

Opening section of the U.S. Constitution

• Petition

• Amendment

• Article

• Preamble

The lawmaking branch of government

• Executive branch

• Legislative branch

• Judicial branch

• Constitutional branch

The branch of government that carries out the laws

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial branch

• Constitutional branch