Constitution Vocabulary

Front 1

Articles of Confederation

Back 1

A plan for national government

Hint 1

Front 2

ratification

Back 2

An act of official confermation

Hint 2

Front 3

levy

Back 3

To raise a tax

Hint 3

Front 4

Founders (or Framers)

Back 4

People that helped create the United States Constitution

Hint 4

Front 5

Virginia Plan

Back 5

A plan where a two-house legislature was represented by state population which was favored more by larger states

Hint 5

Front 6

New Jersey Plan

Back 6

A plan where a legislature was represented by each state having an equal amount of votes which was favored more by the smaller states

Hint 6

Front 7

Great Compromise

Back 7

An agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house

Hint 7

Front 8

Three-Fifths Compromise

Back 8

An agreement that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for representation and taxation

Hint 8

Front 9

Executive Branch

Back 9

The part of the government that enforces laws

Hint 9

Front 10

Judicial Branch

Back 10

The part of the government that interprets laws

Hint 10

Front 11

Legislative Branch

Back 11

The part of the government that makes laws

Hint 11

Front 12

Checks & Balances

Back 12

Each branch won't be able to overpower one another

Hint 12

Front 13

Antifederalists

Back 13

People who didn't support the Constitution

Hint 13

Front 14

Federalists

Back 14

People who supported he Constitution

Hint 14

Front 15

Federalism

Back 15

Power is shared between the government and the states

Hint 15

Front 16

majority rule

Back 16

When over half of a group favors one side and makes the final descision

Hint 16

Front 17

amendment

Back 17

An addition to a document

Hint 17

Front 18

Bill of Rights

Back 18

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Hint 18

Front 19

House of Representatives

Back 19

One house of the two-house law making body

Hint 19

Front 20

Senate

Back 20

Upper house of the legislature

Hint 20

Front 21

Congress

Back 21

The national legsilative body of the U.S.

Hint 21

Front 22

Popular Sovereignty

Back 22

Some power comes from the citizens of the U.S.

Hint 22

Front 23

Republicanism

Back 23

Repuplican government

Hint 23

Front 24

separation of powers

Back 24

Equally separating the powers between the 3 branches of government

Hint 24

Front 25

limited government

Back 25

A government with limited power

Hint 25

Front 26

bicameralism

Back 26

Two branches, chambers, or houses

Hint 26

Front 27

judicial review

Back 27

The Supreme Court has thd final say in changes to the Constitution

Hint 27

Front 28

impeachment

Back 28

To formally accuse the president of misconduct in office

Hint 28

Front 29

quorum

Back 29

The number of members of a group required to be present to transact business legally

Hint 29

Front 30

revenue

Back 30

The income of a government to pay for public expenses

Hint 30

Front 31

veto

Back 31

To prevent from becoming a law

Hint 31

Front 32

naturalization

Back 32

To adapt to a place or to new surroundings

Hint 32

Front 33

elastic clause

Back 33

A statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass laws

Hint 33

Front 34

natural born citizen

Back 34

A person born in the U.S.

Hint 34

Front 35

electoral college

Back 35

People chosen by the voters in each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S.

Hint 35

Front 36

Supreme Court

Back 36

The highest court of the U.S.

Hint 36

Front 37

suffrage

Back 37

The right to vote

Hint 37

Front 38

due process of law

Back 38

No U.S. citizen can be denied their legal rights

Hint 38

Front 39

bail

Back 39

Property or money given so that a person will will return when they are released from custody

Hint 39

Front 40

Constitution

Back 40

The second try at making a national government that made our government today

Hint 40