government vocabulary Fast and Curious

House of Congress in which each state has equal representation.

• Unconstitutional

• House of Representatives

• Override

• Senate

This was put into place to keep one branch of government from becoming more powerful than the others.

• Checks and Balances

• Amend

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Judicial Review

House of Congress in which representation is based on population size

• Constitution

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Checks and Balances

To change or add

• Ratify

• Amend

• Veto

• Impeach

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• Ratify

• Override

• Veto

• Amend

Body of government responsible for enforcing/carrying out laws

• Representative Government

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Body of government responsible for making laws

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Checks and Balances

Body of government responsible for interpreting laws

• Legislative Branch

• Elastic Clause

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

A law that is proposed to Congress, but has not yet been passed.

• Bill

• Text

• Check

What word matches this definition..."To make an agreement or treaty official by signing it or voting for it"?

• Propose

• Ratify

• Federalism

• Bill of Rights