Social Studies Lesson 14 Vocabulary

A document that describes how a government works.

• newspaper

• Constitution

• Amendment

The branch that makes laws.

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

The branch that carries out laws.

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

To accuse or charge a government official with a crime or misconduct.

• veto

• remove

• impeach

The system under which each branch of government limits the powers of the other branches.

• checks and balances

• Articles of Confederation

• system check

The meeting called by the states in 1787 to improve the Articles of Confederation that instead wrote a new constitution.

• Continental Congress

• 2nd Continental Congress

• Constitutional Convention

An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants.

• promise

• compromise

• veto

The document that set up the first government of the United States; the government had limited powers.

• constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

The branch that interprets laws and settles disagreements about them.

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

A group of advisors to the president.

• Cabinet

• Representatives

• Senators