1. Chapter 7 Vocabulary

2. constitution

3. Document that sets out the laws and principles of a government

4. execute

5. Carry out

6. bill of rights

7. Document that lists freedoms the government promises to protect

8. Economic depression

9. Period in which business activity slows, prices and wages falls and unemployment rises

10. Legislative branch

11. Branch of government which makes the laws

12. Executive branch

13. Branch of government which carries out the laws

14. Judicial branch

15. Branch of government which determines if laws are fair

16. compromise

17. Settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement

18. republic

19. Nation in which voters elect representatives to govern them

20. Separation of powers

21. System is which the power of the government is divided among separate branches

22. federalism

23. Division of power between the states and national government

24. Electoral college

25. Group of electors from each state that meets every 4 years to vote for the President and Vice President

26. Checks and balances

27. System set up by the constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to control the actions of the other branches

28. bill

29. Proposed law

30. veto

31. reject

32. override

33. Overrule. Congress can override a President’s veto if two thirds of both houses vote to do so.

34. impeach

35. Bring formal charges against an elected official

36. amend

37. change

38. Due process

39. Right of every citizen to the same fair rules in all cases brought to trial

40. Representative government

41. System of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

42. ratify

43. approve

44. federal

45. national

46. veto

47. reject

48. unconstitutional

49. Not permitted by the Constitution

50. amendment

51. Formal written change (to the Constitution)

52. precedent

53. Example set for later people to follow

54. cabinet

55. Group of people who head government departments and advise the President

56. Judicial review

57. Power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws passed by Congress are Constitutional