US Constitution Vocab

The supreme law of the U.S., signed in 1787.

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

A system or group of people running an organized community

• Confederation

• Federalist

• Government

The foundation of the U.S. Government which protect individual rights and support a strong central government

• Basic Principles

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

A collection of 85 articles and essays written to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

• Anti-Federalist Papers

• Federalist Papers

• Declaration of Independence

The collective name given to the works written by the Founding Fathers who were concerned with the United States Constitution of 1787.

• Federalist Papers

• Anti-Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

A system of government that divides power between a central government and regional government.

• Monarchy

• Republicanism

• Federalism

Comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

a formal change to a constitution

• Ratify

• Amendment

• Deletion

freedoms that governments commit not to remove without due process

• Justice

• Civil Liberties

• Articles

Amendments 13-15 which were enacted right after the Civil War and they guarantee freedom and protect all citizens from discrimination

• Reconstruction Amendments

• Civil Liberties

• Bill of Rights