Scott Foresman SS Ch. 10

A change, or an addition, to the Constitution

• Amendment
• Delegate
• veto
• Ratify

Division of power among the three branches of the federal government under the Constitution.

• Compromise
  
• Checks & Balances
  
• Inflation
  
• Separation of Powers
  

Economic condition in which prices rise very quickly.

• Amendment
  
• Inflation
• Ratify
• Delegate

First ten amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791.

• Bill of Rights
• Reserved Powers
• Separation of Powers
• Veto

Part of the government that decides the meaning of the laws.

• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Olive Branch Petition
• Executive Branch

Part of the government that passes laws.

• Olive Branch Petition
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch

Part of the government, headed by the President, that carries out the laws.

• Judicial Branch
• Executive Branch
• Olive Branch Petition
• Congress

Person chosen to represent others.

• Veto
• Compromise
• Ratify
• Delegate

Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.

• Compromise
• Ratify
• Inflation
• Veto

Powers in the Constitution that are left to the individual states.

• Separation of Powers
• Reserved Powers
• National Powers
• Federal