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5th SS TCI Ch 14
Ch 14 Vocab The Constitution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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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