Civics Unit 3 Vocabulary

Federalists

• responsible for making sure laws are carried out and consists of the President, Vice President and different agencies of the federal government
• the lawmaking body of government that consist of the House of Representatives and the Senate
• people who opposed the Constitution and felt that a strong central government would ignore the rights of the states
• people who supported the Constitution and believed that power in the government should be divided but that the Constitution would be the supreme law of the land

Anti-Federalists

• people who opposed the Constitution and felt that a strong central government would ignore the rights of the states
• responsible for making sure laws are carried out and consists of the President, Vice President and different agencies of the federal government
• additions or changes to the constitution
• the approval of an amendment

Constitutional Convention

• the structure of government that creates the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government
• meetings of the state delegates in 1787 that led to the adoption of the new constitution
• people who opposed the Constitution and felt that a strong central government would ignore the rights of the states
• introduction of the Constitution explaining why it was written

ratification

• people who opposed the Constitution and felt that a strong central government would ignore the rights of the states
• consists of judges and courts and is responsible for interpreting the meaning of the laws and sets punishment for people who break the laws
• found in Article 1 of the Constitution that states that congress has the power to make all laws that shall be needed and correct to carry out its duties
• the approval of an amendment

constitution

• a document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society

• consists of judges and courts and is responsible for interpreting the meaning of the laws and sets punishment for people who break the laws
• found in Article 1 of the Constitution that states that congress has the power to make all laws that shall be needed and correct to carry out its duties
• the approval of an amendment

The Great Compromise

• states that the Constitution and other laws and treaties made by the federal government shall be the main law of the land
• found in Article 1 of the Constitution that states that congress has the power to make all laws that shall be needed and correct to carry out its duties
• introduction of the Constitution explaining why it was written
• an agreement providing a dual system of representation in government

Preamble

• introduction of the Constitution explaining why it was written
• the approval of an amendment
• meetings of the state delegates in 1787 that led to the adoption of the new constitution
• responsible for making sure laws are carried out and consists of the President, Vice President and different agencies of the federal government

legislative branch

• the approval of an amendment
• an agreement providing a dual system of representation in government
• the lawmaking body of government that consist of the House of Representatives and the Senate
• responsible for making sure laws are carried out and consists of the President, Vice President and different agencies of the federal government

executive branch

• meetings of the state delegates in 1787 that led to the adoption of the new constitution
• additions or changes to the constitution
• the approval of an amendment
• responsible for making sure laws are carried out and consists of the President, Vice President and different agencies of the federal government

judicial branch

• an agreement providing a dual system of representation in government
• people who supported the Constitution and believed that power in the government should be divided but that the Constitution would be the supreme law of the land
• consists of judges and courts and is responsible for interpreting the meaning of the laws and sets punishment for people who break the laws
• additions or changes to the constitution