Constitution Gov't

The branch that interprets laws and settles disagreements about them.

• Legislative branch

• Judicial branch

A system where each branch limits the power of others

• Veto

• Impeach

• Checks and Balances

A group of advisors to the president, including the heads of important departments in the executive branch.

• constitution

• cabinet

• Articles of Confederation

The document that set up the first government of the United States (It was thrown out for a new one)

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Compromise

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

• Veto

• Impeachment

• Constitutional Convention

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law, a power that belongs only to the president

• Veto

• Impeach

• Compromise

A document that describes how a government will work, it is our form today.

• Articles of Confederation

• Checks and balances

• Constitution

To accuse or charge a government official, such as the president, with a crime or misconduct

• Veto

• Compromise

• Impeachment

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

• Compromise

• Checks and Balances

This branch includes the members of the Congress

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch