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this document was the first government of the united states
what is Articles of Confederation
This power allows the President to reject a law.
What is a veto?
This branch interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This word means a change added to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
This branch enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This idea divides government into three branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
This is the process of charging a government official with wrongdoing.
What is impeachment
This is another name for the Constitution.
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
This is the national government of the United States
What is the Federal Government?
The Bill of Rights is the first how many amendments?
what is 10
This plan gave representation based on population and was supported by large states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This plan gave equal representation to each state and was supported by small states.
What is the New jersey Plan
This branch makes the laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
This term describes a two-house legislature like Congress
What is a bicameral legislature?
the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on December 15, 1791, to protect individual liberties and limit federal government power
What is bill of rights
This compromise created a two-house Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This compromise counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This system allows each branch to limit the power of the others.
What are Checks and Balances?
This amendment guarantees the right to a lawyer and a fair trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This word means to officially approve.
What is Ratify
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This was the first U.S. government and it had a weak national government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation because the Articles created a government that was too ______.
What is weak?
This 1787 meeting was where the Constitution was written.
What is Constitutional Convention