Vocabulary words
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Bicameral | consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature
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Unicameral | a government with only one legislative house or chamber
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Bill | a draft of a law presented to a legislature
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Veto | to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law
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Preside | to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson
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Congress | a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
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Executive Branch | the branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation’s laws and policies
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Legislative Branch | the branch of government that makes the nation’s laws
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Judicial Branch | the branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation’s laws
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Government | a form or system of rule by which a country, state and community is governed
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Constitution | a formal plan of government
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Amendment | an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution
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Article | a part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject
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Preamble | the introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution
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Compromise | an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants
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Federalism | sharing of power between the federal and state governments
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Federalists | supporters of the Constitution
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