Vocabulary
A written change to the constitution
what is the amendment?
Three Branches of government.
What were the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
Traditions of the federal government that are passed down through history are called the..
What was the "Unwritten Constitution"?
Passes laws, can override a presidential veto with a two-thirds majority in each house of congress and appoints of federal court judges approved by the senate.
what is a Legislative branch?
The legislative branch with the senate and the house of representatives.
what is Article I?
A word used to describe a canceled amendment.
what does the word repealed mean?
Creates the laws
what is the legislative branch?
people don't do not like the effects of an amendment they can do things to help and make it the way they want.
what is being repealed and cancelled mean?
can approve or veto laws, carries outlaws, and appoints federal court judges.
What was the executive branch?
The Executive branch with the president, vice president, and the cabinet.
what is Article II?
the opening sentence of the constituion.
What is the preamble?
Interprets laws
what is the judicial branch?
Formal approval by the states of a change to the constitution.
what is an amendment?
Interprets the meaning of the law, can rule that laws passed by congress or actions taken by the executive branch are unconstitutional.
What was the executive?
The judicial branch with the supreme court, federal court, state courts, and special courts.
what is Article III?
The leaders of the executive departments who also act as advisers to the president.
What is the cabinet?
The executive branch was responsible for...
what branch carried out laws?
there are two ways in which an amendment may be ratified.
could you send the proposed amendments to the state legislature for approval, and/or send the proposed amendments to state conventions for consideration?
each branch has its own powers, which no other branch can assume. In this way, the powers of government are balanced by being distributed among three branches.
What were the checks and balances?
2/3 of both houses shall propose amendments to the constitution, or, on the application for the legislatures of 2/3 of the several states.
what was Article V?
A system in which the powers of government are balanced among different branches so that each branch can check, or limit, the power of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
makes up congress.
what made up the senate and house of representatives?
There are two ways in which an amendment to the constitution can be proposed.
can you send a 2/3 vote in both houses, or, can you ask Congress to call a national convention to propose an amendment?
the system of checks and balances in the U.S. government can work in many ways.
how does the president veto, or turn down, proposed laws?
The section of the constitution that outlines the process for changing the constitution.
what was Article V?