| A | B |
| Legislative | branch of government that has the power to approve and reject treaties |
| Judicial | branch of government with power to declare acts of President unconstitutional |
| Federalism | System of government with divided powers between state and national |
| First Amendment | Freedom of speech, assembly, petition, religion |
| Benjamin Franklin | Creator of the Albany Plan |
| Capital Punishment | Death penalty |
| Year Supreme Court was built | 1935 |
| Ruth Bader Ginsberg | Supreme Court Justice |
| Legislative Court | Collects taxes |
| Pro-choicers | In favor of a woman's right to choose an abortion |
| Pro-lifers | Opposed to abortion |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Supreme Court case about segregation in transportation |
| Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Supreme Court cases that dealt with transport of slaves |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Supreme Court case dealt with segregation in education |
| Year of Brown vs. Board | 1954 |
| Year of Roe vs. Wade | 1973 |
| Case that Brown vs. Board reversed | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| Liberals | on "the left" |
| Conservatives | on "the right" |
| Reactionaries | Advocate a return to a previous state of affairs |
| Burgess | Representative |
| Salutary Neglect | Hands off policy of England toward the colonies |
| Thurgood Marshall | Prosecuting attorney in Brown vs. Board |