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5th SS TCI Ch 14

Ch 14 Vocab The Constitution

TermDefinition
constitution a document that describes how a government will work
Constitutional Convention the meeting called by the states in 1787 to improve the Articles of Confederation that instead wrote a new constitution
Articles of Confederation the document that set up the first government of the United States; the government had limited power
cabinet a group of advisors to the president, including the heads of important departments in the executive branch
executive branch the branch that carries out, or executes, laws
legislative branch the branch that makes laws
impeach to accuse or charge a government official, such as the president, with a crime or misconduct
checks and balances the system under which each branch of government limits, or checks, the powers of the other branches
veto to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law, a power that belongs only to the president
rule of law a set of public laws that apply to all people equally, with no one getting special treatment
compromise an agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants
judicial branch the branch that interprets laws and settles disagreements about them
constitutional republic a form of government in which citizens elect representatives who are responsible to the people, and those representatives govern according to a constitution
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