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Vocabulary
The Branches
The Powers
The Checks and Balances
The Convention
100
This document created a strong national government.
What is the Constitution.
100
This is the main function of the Legislative Branch.
What is make laws?
100
The President can do this in times of crisis.
What is call a special session of Congress?
100
This is how the Executive branch can check the legislative branch.
What is veto a bill.
100
The delegates were trying to fix this document, the framework for the first U.S. government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
The government is divided into these three parts.
What are branches?
200
This is the main function of the Judicial Branch.
What is interpret laws?
200
The Judicial Branch can do this to treaties, laws or acts of the president.
What is declare them unconstitutional?
200
This is how the Judiciary Branch can check the Legislative Branch.
What is declare a law unconstitutional?
300
This keeps one part of the government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
300
The Supreme Court has this many members.
What is nine?
300
The Legislative Branch does this with all federal judges, ambassadors and cabinet members.
What is approve them?
300
This is how the Legislative Branch can check the Judicial Branch.
What is impeachment or approve appointments?
300
He proposed the Virginia Plan.
Who is James Madison?
400
A meeting in which delegates from most of the states met to work on a document to create a stronger government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
400
Congress is made up of these two chambers.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
400
This is the main duty of the Executive Branch.
What is enforce or carry out laws?
400
This is what the Legislative Branch can do if the Executive Branch vetoes a bill.
What is override a veto.
400
This was the solution to the big states-small states disagreement at the Convention.
What is the Great Compromise?
500
The Constitution is divided into these seven parts. We looked at the first three.
What are Articles?
500
The House of Representatives has this many members and the Senate this many.
What are 435 and 100.
500
The president can propose ideas for laws during this, which he gives once a year.
What is the State of the Union speech?
500
To override a veto, both houses of Congress needs this percentage of the vote.
What is two thirds?
500
He wrote much of the final draft of the Constitution.
Who is Gouveneur Morris?