U.S. Constitution Vocabulary

What is a Constitution?

• basic set of rules for government

• set of consequences

• a document that gives all the power to one person

What does rule of law mean?

• no one has to follow the law

• everyone has to follow the law

• if you follow the law then you rule the country

Who are the framers?

• people who wrote frame photographs

• people who work on the fields

• people who wrote the constitution

What does the preamble do?

• changes the constitution

• sets goals for the government

• covers one part of the government or government process

What is the purpose of the Articles in the U.S. Constitution?

• to explain a part of government or the government process

• to set goals for the government

• to add changes to the constitution

What is an amendment?

• describes the goals of the government

• adds changes to the Constitution

• it only describes the consequences of breaking the law

What is popular sovereignty?

• the president has all the power in government

• Who ever is most popular has all the power

• the people have the power in government

What happens in a republic?

• people lend power to representatives

• the government lends power to representatives

• one person has all the power

What does limited government mean?

• representatives power is limited to what the law says

• representatives power is unlimited

• representatives can make up laws to get power

What is federalism?

• only the state has power

• only the federal government has power

• state and federal government both have power