Ella's US Constitution Flash Cards

Key vocabulary terms and definitions related to the US Constitution.

Bicameral

Having two legislative chambers

Naturalization

to admit to citizenship

Libel

A written statement that harms someone's reputation

Ambassador

A representative of the highest rank sent by the government

Pro tempore

Temporarily

Impeachment

Bringing formal charges against a public (civil) official

Habeas corpus

A court order requiring the prisoner (jailer) to be brought before a judge. There is a good reason for holding them

Slander

false verbal report meant to harm someone’s reputation/name

Amendment

A change or addition to a bill/constitution

Adjourn

To put off until later

Suffrage

The right to vote

Treason

Crime against your country

Appellate

Having to do w/appeals

Convene

to assemble

Posterity

all succeeding generations

Unicameral

having only 1 house in lawmaking

Repeal

take back/withdraw

Arraignment

a person accused of a crime is brought to the court to hear their charges

Ratify

to approve by vote

Immunity

freedom, protection

Domestic tranquility

peace within one’s own country

Bankruptcy

serious debt

Ordain

to establish a law

Preamble

introduction to constituion

Copyright

not having the right to publish/sell something thats not yours

Deals with the executive branch & it’s power?

A #2

The Great Compromise

This is what the constitution convention called the agreement that combines New Jersey and Virginia plans

Tells the way the constitution was to be ratified or approved by states?

A#7

Magna Carta

This is history’s first written bill of Rights. Recorded in Runnymede England 1215

What year was the US Constitution ratified?

1787

Tells how the Congress (Legislative Branch) is to be set up and what it can do?

A #1

George Washington

He was the president of the Constitution Convention

Provides for the Judicial Branch & it’s power

A #3

The US Constitution gets its authority from?

The people

What was the number of state approvals needed that ratify the constitution?

9

With the relationship between State & National government

Article 4 (A)

A record of all proceedings in Congress is called a?

Congressional Record

Which article tells how to become a state in the US?

A #4

What provides for amending/changing the Constitution?

A #5

What article guarantees the world that the US will pay off its debt?

A #6