Unit 3 - Constitution Vocabulary

1. The newly formed confederation created a “league of friendship” between the states, tying the states together while allowing them to maintain their independence.

• a loose union of allies or states

• a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement.

• a government where the people have the ultimate power by voting for representatives to govern

• impose, or collect, taxes

The President agreed to amend the Constitution to include the right for women to vote.

• to change or revise

• to officially approve

• to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• formally charge a public official with misconduct while in office

Federalists would interpret the Constitution loosely when issues came up.

• explain the meaning of

• to officially approve

• to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• formally charge a public official with misconduct while in office

An unwillingness to compromise made it difficult for the early American government to produce beneficial laws and actions.

• a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement.

• having 2 separate houses or lawmaking chambers

• a loose union of allies or states

• to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

1. A bicameral government divides the work, making it easier to get more things accomplished.

• having 2 separate houses or lawmaking chambers

• to officially approve

• branch of government that makes laws

• Person who supported ratifying the Constitution

1. When it was time to ratify the Constitution, there were arguments that supported the document and arguments that worked against it.

• to officially approve

• a meeting

• to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• to change or revise

The convention was held in Philadelphia, during the hottest summer in decades.

• a meeting

• a loose union of allies or states

• a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement.

• Person who supported ratifying the Constitution

1. The new republic was faced with the question of how it would develop relationships with foreign nations after the war had ended.

• a government where the people have the ultimate power by voting for representatives to govern

• a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement.

• branch of government that carries out laws; headed by President

• person who was against ratifying the Constitution without a Bill of Rights

1. Without the power to levy taxes, the government faced serious concerns over paying off the new nation’s debt.

• impose, or collect, taxes

• to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• a government where the people have the ultimate power by voting for representatives to govern

• to officially approve

1. The power of veto is a powerful tool often used by the President.

• to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• impose, or collect, taxes

• formally charge a public official with misconduct while in office

• to change or revise