Vocab 1
Highest laws of the United States. Describes how the U.S. Government is organized and the powers it has.
What is the Constitution?
The first 10 amendments of U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
A power of the president to reject laws passed by Congress.
What is Veto?
A formal request to a higher court to change a previous verdict/decision.
What is Appeal?
To charge a president with a crime.
What is Impeach?
System where national government (central/federal) has specific powers, and some powers are shared with or given to state governments.
What is Federalism?
Where all power belongs to one person or a few people.
What is tyranny?
6-year terms and must be at least 30 years old.
What is Senator?
A proposal to create a new law.
What is a Bill?
Unbiased people who can make a fair decision based on evidence presented during a trial.
What is an Impartial Jury?
Change or addition.
What is an Amendment?
A section of the U.S. Constitution that describes the powers and organization of our Executive Branch.
What is Article 2?
Innocent until proven guilty. This value ensures all citizens charged with a crime receive a trial.
What is Due Process?
A section of the U.S. Constitution that describes the powers and organization of our Judicial Branch.
What is Article 3?
Never static, like water, and compounds.
What is the 3 Laws of Political Power?
A political party in early America that believed in a strong central/federal government.
What is Federalist?
North America's oldest democracy was founded by this alliance of Native Nations.
What is Haudenosaunee?
To avoid tyranny the founding fathers designed the 3 branches of government to have distinct powers that the others did not have.
What is Separation of Powers?
First Constitution of the U.S. that failed.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
An independent nation. Indian Nations are this.
What is Sovereign?
To avoid tyranny states with large populations and states with small populations agreed to a legislative branch that had a Senate and a House of Representatives.
What is The Great Compromise?
The U.S. buys, sells and trades goods and services with Indian Nations much like they do with any other nation.
What is the Commerce Clause?
A section in the U.S. Constitution that states treaty agreements are some of the most important laws in the U.S.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
At the time the U.S. Constitution was written, this section was seen as a 'compromise' between large and small states on how to count enslaved people and allocate legislative political power.
What is the 3/5 Clause?
A power of the U.S. Government to purchase private property for public use.
What is Eminent Domain?