Constitution Vocabulary

A document that sets up a government and the laws for the country

• Constitution

• Confederation

• Compromise

• Ratify

What does a constitution do? Check all answers that apply.

• Sets up a government

• Creates the laws

• Shows who has power

• Tells who the president will be

A lot of people each giving something up in order to make a decision everyone is is satisfied with is a ​ (a)  

• compromise
• constitution
• confederation
• Federalism

Small states and big states each wanted different things, so they had to _______ to make a decision they could agree on.

• compromise

• republic

• article

• constitution

To officially accept or approve something

• ratify

• republic

• federalism

• confederation

In order for the constitution to be officially accepted, 9 out of 13 states had to _______ it.

• ratify

• compromise

• delegate

• amend

The constitution wasn't perfect. It needed some changes and edits called ​ (a)  

• amendments
• republics
• compromises
• ratification

To change or edit a document

• Amend

• request

• confederation

• ratify

Having power over your own country is ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• sovereignty
• republic
• federalism
• ratification

No other country can tell the U.S.A. what to do because of our ​ (a)   or our power over ourselves

• sovereignty
• republic
• amendments
• federalism