A more perfect Union vocabulary

Match the following

• a group of people or things with obvious differences among them

• check and balances

• to treat a person or group unfairly

• discriminate

• the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

• diverse

• relating to issues within a country

• domestic

executive branch

• the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws

• the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws

judicial branch

• the lawmaking part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law.

• the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws

• the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws

Match the following

• an organization that actively promotes the view of some part of the public on specific issues in ord

• ingenious

• the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments

• interest group

• the use or purpose of something

• function

• an especially original, intelligent, or clever idea

• federalism

Match the following

• trade and other business dealings between two or more states

• popular sovereignty

• a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan

• framework

• the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people

• interstate commerce

the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional

• judicial review

• majority rule

• popular sovereignty

majority rule

a basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the voters

• judicial review

• majority rule

• popular sovereignty

the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

• majority rule

a key constitutional principle that divides the functions of government among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

• majority rule

checks and balances

• the system that allows each branch of government to write paychecks

• the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

• the system that doesn't allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches