History bookmarks 11-22 study guide

Main founding fathers

John Adams Ben Franklin Alexander Hamilton John jay Thomas Jefferson James Madison George Washington

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey

Massachusetts Senators in us senate

Unconstitutional

Not allowed by the Constitution; illegal; contradicts the Constitution.

Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House

Amendment

To make changes or fix (in constitution)

Mike Pence

Vice President

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

What are the three branches of government?

Federal state local

What are the three levels of government?

Founding Fathers

leaders who laid the groundwork for the United States

resident alien

noncitizen living in the country

faction

opposing group within a party

Anti-Federalists

people who opposed the Constitution

Donald Trump

president

Federalists

supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government

Daniel Shays

the farmer who led the shays rebellion. Also a soldier. He instigated change for a new constitution

John Marshall

the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Also a lawyer and politician

Supreme Court

the highest federal court in the United States

Suffrage

the right to vote

civic virtue

the willingness to work for the good of the nation or community even at great sacrifice

Ratify

to approve a bill and make it official

Veto

to reject

James Madison

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States. Also a delegate from Virginia who help fix the constitution

Alexander Hamilton

"founding father," and author of the Federalist Papers, the first Secretary of the treasury. A military commander economist and lawyer

George Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) founding father

Charlie Baker

Governor of Massachusetts

Republic

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

Naturalization

A legal process to obtain citizenship

Checks and Balances

A principle of the constitution that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of Power and only have powers give by the constitution .

Three-Fifths Compromise

Agreement at the constitutional convention that 3/5 of the slaves in a state had to be counted in the population

override

An action taken by Congress to reverse a presidential veto, requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.

George Mason

Anti federalist. Writer of Virginia's bill of right and strong supporter of bill of rights

John Roberts

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Ben Franklin

Founding father of the United States who was an inventor leading writer American polymath and patriot

John Adams

Founding father. America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts also an attorney diplomat and writer

Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the Constitution. American rights

Impeach

To accuse government officials of misconduct in office

nullify

To cancel a law considered constitutional

Cabinet

group of officials who head government departments and advise the President

Constitutional

in accordance with the Constitution