Vocabulary - Constitution

an addition or change to the Constitution

• amendment

• article

• oath

• citizen

the Constitution is organized into 7 of these chapter-like parts

• preamble

• oath

• founder

• article

the 7 articles in the Constitution are subdivided into these smaller parts

• preambles

• sections

• stanzas

• verses

the introduction to the Constitution

• preamble

• amendment

• judicial

• founder

the branch of government headed by the President

• judicial

• legislative

• executive

• congress

the branch of government which makes the laws

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• supreme court

branch of government responsible for courts; headed by the Supreme Court

• judicial

• executive

• legislative

• presidential

highest federal court in the U.S.; heads the judicial branch

• Appeals Court

• District Court

• Supreme Court

• Municipal Court

head of the executive branch; responsible for enforcing laws

• Chief Justice

• President

• Speaker of the House

• Attorney General

part of the legislative branch; each state elects 2 members

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court

• Congress

• Senate