Chapter 8 vocabulary

Strict Interpretation

• gives broad powers to the president and congress

• follows the exact wording of the Constitution

• a strict rule

• a severe consequence for breaking the rules

Cabinet

• a place for storage

• heads of departments that assist the president

• a cupboard with shelves

• a place to put medicine

Inauguration

• the ceremony that marks the beginning of a presidency

• the beginning of something

• the end of something

• a big word that I can't pronounce

Envoy

• an ambassador

• a revolution

• a ceremony

• the head of the judicial branch

Precedent

• a gift

• establish an example

• write a letter

• the leader of a country

Supreme Court

• the court of the king

• Larson Justice Center

• the highest court in the United States

• to give up

Loose Interpretation

• Follows the exact wording of the Constitution

• Loose Change

• an understanding of the Constitution that gives the President and Congress broad powers

• Loose end

Tariffs

• taxes on imports and exports

• income taxes

• a jail sentence

• a duty

Cede

• something that is put in the ground to grow a plant

• to forget something

• to loose something

• to give up

National Debt

• How the much a country owes to its citizens

• The total amount of money a country owes to all its creditors

• to set an example

• a group that provides the biggest influence