cards for 9th grade Cultures
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- CONSTITUTION
- plans of government
- LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- law making branch-state voted representatives
- BICAMERAL
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Two-house legislatures
**At that time, all states except Georgia and Pennsylvania had created this type. - EXECUTIVE BRANCH
- The branch that carried out the laws of the legislature.
- BILL OF RIGHTS
- Certain rights the states had to recognize and protect the citizens.
- ARTICLES OF THE CONFEDERATION
- A constitution drafted by Congress on Novemeber 15, 1777.
- RATIFY
- To officially approve a proposal.
- REPUBLIC
- Government in which people elect officials to represent them.
- ECONOMIC DEPRESSION
- A period of time when business activity slows down and unemployment increases.
- CONTINENTAL CONVENTION
- A 1787 meeting in Philadelphia during which the United States Congress was written.
- VETO
- Action by which an executive rejects a bill submitted by a legislature; to refuse to approve
- COMPROMISE
- An agreement in which each side agrees to give up something important.
- SEPARATION OF POWERS
- Limiting the powers of government bodies.
- FEDERALISM
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The division of power between the national government and the states.
*That's how the name Federal government came about. - ELECTORAL COLLEGE
- People called electors who represent the voters in each state.
- CHECKS AND BALANCES
- A system of safeguards built into the Constitution to keep each branch from assuming too much authority. *This keeps each part of government from getting too greedy.
- IMPEACHMENT
- When the Congress takes the President to court if he/she does something wrong.
- AMENDMENT
- Additins and changes to the Constitution.