Vocabulary 5.1 review

Articles of Confederation

•  the system which ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful

•  the first plan for government for the United States which was replaced because it was too weak

•  the branch of government which makes the laws

•  the group of 55 representatives who met to write the Constitution of the United States

 The number of votes it takes ( greater than half) to pass a law in Congress is a

(a)  

heads of  government departments who act as advisors to the president ​ ​ (a)  

• Cabinet
• compromise
• federal
• majority

 a type of government where states form a union

• monarch

• federal

• league

• oligarchy

 the system of​ (a)   ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful

• checks and balances
• compromise
• majority
• dictatorship

 When a president refuses to sign a bill into law after it has been passed by the Congress he can ​ (a)   the bill.

• veto
• approve
• authorize
• mandate

​ (a)    means to come to an agreement by each side giving up. something

• Compromise
• Disagreement
• Quarrel
• Contest

 To ​ (a)   means to remove a president or other official  from office by putting them on trial for illegal actions.

• impeach
• confirm
• acquit
• elect

the written plan of government which the United States  put into place after the Articles of Confederation failed

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

Legislative Branch

• the branch of government that carries out the laws

• the branch of government which makes the laws

• the branch of government that includes the courts and explains the laws

• the branch that is the highest in a tree