U6 Vocabulary Government

The branch that makes laws

• executive branch

• judicial branch

• legislative branch

• administrative branch

To accuse a government official of a crime or misconduct

• impeach

• prosecute

• exonerate

• indict

The document that set up the first U.S. government

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Federalist Papers

• Bill of Rights

A group of advisors to the president

• cabinet

• senate

• congress

• supreme court

Proper legal procedures, a fair trial

• due process

• legal justice

• trial fairness

• judicial review

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• veto

• approve

• amend

• pass

To settle a disagreement by each side giving up something

• compromise

• concession

• debate

• negotiation

The branch that carries out laws

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

• executive branch

• administrative branch

A change to the Constitution

• amendment

• repeal

• provision

• clause

Trying someone twice for the same crime

• double jeopardy

• double indemnity

• double jeopardy clause

• double prosecution