5th Gr Chap8L1+2 Word Scramble
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Key Item | Definition |
Veto | Reject |
Rule of Law | The principle that every member of a society, even a ruler, must follow the law. |
arsenal | weapons storehouse |
Gouverneur Morris | American leader who helped write the US Constitution. |
federal system | A system of government in which the power to govern is shared by the national and the state governments. |
amendment | A change in the US Constitution |
justice | a judge on the Supreme Court |
compromise | To give up some of what you want in order to reach an agreement. |
Congress | A formal meeting of government representatives. It is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. |
George Wasington | He was nominated president of the Constitutional Convention. |
Roger Sherman | He was a judge from Connecticut. He proposed what became known as the Great Compromise. It combines the New Jersey and the Virginia Plan. |
Philadelphia | The location of the Constitutional Convention. |
Senator | A person in Congress that is elected by the citizens, two from each state, 6 year term. |
Legislative Branch | Article 1 of the Constitution, law making branch of the government. Power to raise an army and navy, coin and print money, declare war, and create laws to control trade and commerce. |
impeach | to accuse a government official of a crime. |
Republic | A form of government in which people choose representatives to participate in the government for them. |
separation of powers | The division of powers among the three branches of the national government. |
Electoral college | A group chosen by citizens to vote for the president |
bill | A new idea for a law. |
Daniel Shays | He was the leader of a farmers rebellion in Massachusetts. It is this rebellion that led people to believe we need a new and stronger government. |
James Madison | Known as the Father of the Constitution. He helped plan and write the US Constitution. |
judicial branch | Article 3 of the Constitution. It is the branch that judges the laws. The highest court is the Supreme Court. They have the power to get rid of a law if it doesn't follow the Constitution. |
William Paterson | He is the New Jersey delegate to the Constitutional Convention who submitted the New Jersey Plan in which the smaller states would have an equal say with the larger population states. |
Edmund Randolph | He is the Virginia delegate who proposed the Virginia Plan in which representation in government would be based on population. |
preamble | an introduction, first part |
Representatives | They are the members of the House of Representatives, the number of each from a state is based on population. |
Supreme Court | It is the highest court in the United States. There are nine justices on the Supreme Court. It is their job to determine the constitutionality of the laws. |
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