Constitution Vocab

Articles of Confederation

• The first constitution of the USA

• Synonym for "law"

• to approve

• The 1787 meetings in Philadelphia in which the new Constitution was written

• A group selected by each state to elect the President and Vice President

The division of power between Federal and state governments

• Checks & balances

• Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Bicameral

a detailed, written plan for government 

• Federalist
• constitution
• Amendment
• Article

Beginning of the Constitution that states the goals of the Constitution 

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitutional Convention
• Preamble
• Article

A change or addition to the constitution

• amendment

• articles of confederation

• constitution

• checks and balances

The function that each of the branches is a able to "check" the other two to prevent any one from gaining too much power

• Cloture Resolution

• Checks and Balances

• Voting Rights

• Amendment

The law making branch of the government

• Executive

• Legisltative

• Judicial

• Congressional

Branch of government that interprets the law (courts)

• Executive

• Legisltative

• Judicial

• Congressional

the division of power between the three branches of the government

• separation of powers

• limited government

• popular sovereignty

• judicial review

Anti-Federalist

• Someone who supported the new Constitution

• The agreement that gave us a bicameral Congress

• A person who opposed the new Constitution

• a group

• A form of government which power is split between states and national government