| A | B |
|---|
| Executive Branch | enforces or carries out the laws |
| Legislative Branch | makes the nation's laws |
| Judicial Branch | determines whether laws are fair |
| President | Head of the executive branch |
| Congress | Nation's law-making body |
| House of Representatives | Lower House of Congress |
| Senate | Upper House of Congress |
| Republic | form of democracy where the people elect representatives to carry out the duties of government |
| Democracy | type of government where people are free to make decisions about their lives and government |
| Articles of Confederation | first plan of government for the U.S. |
| Constitution | The U.S. Plan of Government in use today |
| Separation of Powers | Government powers divided among three branches of govenrment |
| Checks and Balances | Limits on a branch of government by another branch |
| Philadelphia | location of Constitutional Convention |
| Federal system | system of government where power is shared among different levels of government |
| U.S. Supreme Court | highest court in the land |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
| Veto | reject |
| Cabinet | President's closest advisors |
| Patriotism | love of country |
| Volunteers | people who work without pay |
| Due Process of Law | the right to a fair trial |
| Justices | Judges who sit on the Supreme Court |
| Rule of Law | laws must apply equally to everyone |
| Common Good | the good of everyone in the country |
| Gouverneur Morris | wrote the final draft of the Constitution |
