The government is broken up into parts with different responsibilities. What do we call these parts?
The powers of this branch are 'balanced' because its members are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate.
The key problem of the Articles of Confederation was that it made the national government too strong.
Our book uses what to model the new more stable government model?
A group of advisers to the president, including the heads of important departments in the executive branch.
This branch has the power to impeach government officials.
The Constitutional Convention met to replace what document that described a new government for the colonies?
Which branch of government carries out the laws?
A formal agreement between two or more nations.
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
The Constitution created a national government that was divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.
George Washington, James Madison, and Gouverneur Morris were three key figures at the Constitutional Convention.
Who led the Constitutional Convention? Kept the delegates respectful.
Who wrote the final draft for the Constitution?
What is it called to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law? Only the president has this power.
During the Constitutional Convention, there were no disagreements. The delegates all had similar ideas for how the new Constitution should be written.
The act of accusing a government official of a serious crime, as defined by the Constitution.
This branch represents the United States in foreign affairs and is the Commander and Chief of the armed forces.
In the Constitution, these are ways of limiting powers of the three branches of government. It allows one branch to stop the action of another branch. It also divides powers so that no one branch becomes too powerful.
New laws to the Constitution are called amendments.
What is it called to be in conflict with the Constitution?
The head of this branch can suggest new ideas for new laws in the State of the Union Speech.
Who brought the plan for the national government?
What branch of government makes the laws?
This branch has the power to determine whether a law is unconstitutional.
