Constitution Vocabulary Practice

The document that describes how the U.S. government works

• Constitutiion

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

The branch that interprets laws and settles disagreements about them.

• Constitutiion

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

The branch that makes the laws

• Constitutiion

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

The branch that carries out, or executes, laws

• Constitutiion

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

The document that set up the first government of the United States; the government had limited power

• Articles of Confederation

• Compromise

• Impeach

• Veto

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

• Articles of Confederation

• Compromise

• Impeach

• Veto

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

• Articles of Confederation

• Compromise

• Impeach

• Veto

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

• Articles of Confederation

• Compromise

• Impeach

• Veto

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

• Constitutional Convention

• Cabinet

• Checks and Balance

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

• Constitutional Convention

• Cabinet

• Checks and Balance