Constitution Vocabulary

House of Congress in which each state has equal representation.

• Unconstitutional

• House of Representatives

• Override

• Senate

This was put into place to keep one branch of government from becoming more powerful than the others.

• Checks and Balances

• Amend

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Judicial Review

House of Congress in which representation is based on population size

• Constitution

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Checks and Balances

Body of government responsible for enforcing/carrying out laws

• Representative Government

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Body of government responsible for making laws

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Checks and Balances

A plan that created the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• Checks and Balances

• Federalists

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

Body of government responsible for interpreting laws

• Legislative Branch

• Elastic Clause

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

A document that sets out the laws and principles of a government

• Judicial Review

• Constitution

• Impeach

• Federalism

The first ten amendments to the Constitution 

• Bill of Rights
• Preamble
• Rights
• Bill of Laws

Part of Congress where each state has 2 members

• Senate
• House of Representatives 
• President's Cabinet
• Supreme Court