Category 1
Compromise
An agreement between two or more sides when each side gives up some of what it wants
Propotional
Corresponding in size to the population of each state
Electoral Collage
A special group that the vice president and vice president are elected by
Constitution
Plan of government
Depreciate
Fell in value
Depression
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
Checks and Balances
Each branch had ways to check/limit the powers of others so no single branch could dominate the government
Amendment
Something added to a document
Executive Branch
Headed by the president to carry out the nations and policies
Contains: President and Vice president
Federalism
Sharing power between the federal and state governments
Republic
A government which citizens rule through elected representatives
Bicameral
Legislatures to divide the power even further
Petition
Apply to
Judicial Branch
One supreme court and any other lower Federal courts that congress my establish
Contains: Supreme Court and other Federal Courts
Law making Branch of the government
Contains: Congress, Senate, and house of representatives