1. Constitution Vocabulary

2. Federal system:
A system that divided the powers between the states and the federal government

3. Veto:
To cancel

4. Petition:
To make a formal request of the government

5. Search warrant:
A judge’s order authorizing the search of a person’s home or property to look for evidence of a crime

6. Due process:
The fair application of the law

7. Eminent domain:
The government’s power to take personal property to benefit the public

8. Naturalized citizen:
A person born in another country who has been granted citizenship in the United States

9. Legislative branch:
the branch of government that proposes and makes laws

10. Executive branch:
the branch of government that includes the president and the departments that help run the government

11. Judicial branch:
the branch of government made up of the national courts