1. Social Studies 4 th grade

2. Suggested Vocabulary Words amendment bill cabinet capital citizen compromise constitution convention delegates democracy federal inauguration interest law popular sovereignty ratify rebellion representatives republic territory unconstitutional veto

3. This is a change to the Constitution. It is also called the Bill of Rights. It protects the rights of the people of the United States.

4. Amendment

5. A form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.

6. Bill

7. This is a group chosen by the President to help run the executive branch and give advice.

8. Cabinet

9. This is a city where government meets.

10. Capital

11. Someone who is an official member of a city, state, or nation is called.

12. Citizen

13. This is a settlement in which both sides give up something they want.

14. Compromise

15. A written plan for government

16. Constitution

17. Delegates gathered in Philadelphia to change the way American government worked.

18. Constitutional Convention

19. Someone chosen to speak and act for others.

20. Delegates

21. A government in which the people have the power to make political decisions.

22. Democracy

23. A system in which the states share power with the central government, but the central government has more power than the states.

24. Federal System

25. This is an official ceremony to make someone President.

26. Inauguration

27. What people pay to borrow money is called

28. Interest

29. Any written rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution.

30. Law

31. An idea that the people who live in a place make decisions for themselves.

32. Popular Sovereignty

33. To accept

34. Ratify

35. A fight against a government.

36. Rebellion

37. Someone who is chosen to speak and act for others.

38. Representatives

39. This is a government in which the citizens elect leaders to represent them.

40. Republic

41. This is a land ruled by a national government but which has no representatives in the government.

42. Territory

43. Laws that do not follow rules laid out by the Constitution.

44. Unconstitutional

45. The president can reject laws made by congress. This is called what?

46. Veto