Constitution Vocab

To forbid or not allow

• Ratify

• Prohibit

• Promote

• Amend

The first major governing document of the United States

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confderation

• Magna Carta

To _____________ is to approve or confirm

A __________ congress has only one chamber, but a __________ chamber has two.

• unicameral; bicameral

• bicameral; tricameral

• tricameral; bicameral

• bicameral; unicameral

A common complaint against the British was that colonists were forced to house the British soldiers. Which word describes that scenario?

• Abolition

• Prohibit

• Ratifying

• Quartering

The _________ of the Constitution starts "We the People" and is the opening of the Constitution.

Many powers were given to the national government (like to raise an army or impose taxes), but other rights were ____________ for the states (like issuing licenses)

• Bicameral

• Reserved

• Posterity

• Ratified

I want a good life for my children, my grandchildren, my great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren. I want a good life for my _________.

• probability

• possibility

• prosperity

• posterity

Will you please sign my __________? I am requesting the mayor do something about all these potholes!!

A military force made up of civilians

• militia

• quartering

• troops

• posse