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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impeachment | Process of bringing criminal charges against a govt official only 3 presedents have been impeached |
| amendment | a proposal to change a law or act |
| bicameral | having 2 chambers in congress |
| House of reps | 1 of the chambers in congress 435 members of the house each state has a number of repersenitives based on population |
| senators | the secound house of reps 100 of them |
| legislative | a law or set of laws |
| deligate | a person who represents a group of people |
| veto | to reject a desision pres vetos congress and congress vetos pres |
| us govt | composed of three branches whose power is given by the constotution |
| articles of confederation | 1st attempt at a govt failure |
| the us contutuion | first ten laws the document that establishes americas govt |
| the three branches | legislative this is congress house of reps and and senators makes laws. executive pres vise pres cabinet carries out laws. judicial the supreme court evaluats laws and decide wether or not it should be a law |
| bill of rights | the first ten ammendments in the constutution these protect tryants |
| checks and balances | limits three branches to stop eachother from being too strong |
| ec | group of electors who elect pres and vise pres 535 members of the ec |