Building A Constitution 1
Approval or agreement
Consent
A change to the Constitution
Amendment
The percentage of states needed to suggest a change to the Constitution.
2/3 of the states
Having the power to carry out and enforce laws
Executive
Each government branch checks what the other branches are doing to keep power in balance.
Checks and Balances
To gather together
Assemble
The act of doing is what is expected or required by law
Compliance
The Articles of Confederation's biggest weakness
They were too weak and had too little power
The power the President has to vote down a law from the legislative branch.
Veto
A sense or belief that a certain action or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong
Conscience
The three branches of the federal government are
The legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch.
Having to do with courts of law or decisions of right or wrong
Judicial
To carefully discuss and consider issues
Deliberate
To limit or take away some of the rights of others
Infringe
Relating to a system of government in which the national government shares power with other levels of government, such as the states; can also refer to national government
Federal
When each side in a disagreement gives up some of what they want to reach an agreement
Compromise
Items in a legal document that state conditions or requirements
Provisions
A group of states joined together by a formal agreement
Confederation
Having the power to make laws
Legislative
A type of organization in which two related parts work together
Bicameral System