Amendment Process Vocabulary

To change something to make it better

• amend

• amendment

• ratify

• propose

An official change to the Constitution

• amend

• amendment

• ratification

• legislature

Article V

• Describes the legislative branch

• Describes the executive branch

• Describes the judicial branch

• Describes the process of amending the Constitution

The law-making part of the United States government

• President

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• Cabinet

A document that explains how a government will be run

• convention

• amendment

• ratification

• Constitution

a meeting of individuals in order to discuss a topic of common interest or importance

• convention

• Constitution

• Ratification

• Amendment

a legislature is a...

• group of people who enforces laws

• groups of people who makes laws

• group of people who interprets the laws

• all of the above

which of the following is the best synonym for "propose"

• reject

• approve

• suggest

• create

Which of the following is the best synonym for "ratify"?

• reject

• approve

• suggest

• create