Constitutional Vocabulary

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Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.

___	advocate	1) a paper given by the court which can be used to make a paerson come to court and testify

___	affirmative action	2) a group of twelve indiviudals who determines the guilt or innocence of one on trial

___	alliance	3) interference

___	amend	4) a small part of a larger group

___	bicameral	5) a person who purchases and uses goods and services

___	Bill of Rights	6) money given to an individual or business by the government

___	bribery	7) an accused person is returned to the state where the crime was committed to face trial

___	budget	8) a government action stopping or restricting trade with another country

___	cabinet	9) the highest court in the land

___	censorship	10) the buying and selling of large amounts of goods

___	change of venue	11) members of a group that make up more than half of the group

___	commerce	12) distinguishing or separating people by groups

___	confederation	13) the nickname for the group of executive office officials who aid the president

___	conservative	14) the Grand Old Party; a nickname given to the Republican party

___	constitution	15) a person authorized to act on behalf of others at a convention or a conference

___	consumer	16) relating to one's own country

___	deficit	17) a plan for how money is to be collected and how it is to be spent

___	delegate	18) a written plan of government

___	democracy	19) money paid by citizens to the government

___	discrimination	20) a cruel and unfair ruler who is not subject to any law or constitution

___	domestic	21) one house

___	double jeopardy clause	22) a domestically produced product that is sent out of the country

___	dove	23) the amount left over when all that is needed or wanted has been used

___	Electoral College	24) the right to vote

___	embargo	25) hurling insults and accusations back and forth

___	eminent domain	26) an army made up of citizens who are called on during times of danger

___	export	27) a survey of public opinion

___	extradition	28) a group of people who cast the votes that elect the president and the vice president of the United States

___	federal	29) someone who favors strong government action to promote social change

___	founding fathers	30) a person who is fleeing

___	free market	31) the formal removal of a president or federal judge

___	fugitive	32) rising prices for goods and services

___	GOP	33) bringing groups together as equals within a society

___	grassroots	34) the current holder of an office

___	hawk	35) relating to a city

___	impeachment	36) the authority to reject an act proposed by someone else

___	import	37) a limited period of time duirng which an elected official serves the public

___	incumbent	38) a formof government

___	inflation	39) a formal agreement between two or more nations or states

___	integration	40) any government program that provides financial assistance to people who are poor or out of work

___	intervention	41) a piece of paper signed by a judge that the police need before they can arrest a person or search a home

___	jury	42) accepting money or something else of value to determine how you vote on a issue

___	legislature	43) newspapers

___	liberal	44) two-house

___	majority	45) a political system where the people participate in the government

___	militia	46) a government program that give people money when they reach a certain age or retire

___	minority	47) the total amount of money the government owes resulting from current and past deficits

___	monarch	48) someone who tends to resist government involvement in social change and favors a strong defense

___	mudslinging	49) to support

___	national debt	50) when the government spends more money than it collects

___	patriot	51) an economy operating with little government control or interference

___	platform	52) property taken by the government to be used for the public good

___	poll	53) to approve in an official manner

___	popular vote	54) to alter or to change

___	preamble	55) when the accused asks that his trial be moved to another place to make sure he gets a fair trial

___	press	56) a person's life and freedom can not be put in danger more than once for the same crime

___	ratify	57) a system of government that dividies power between a cetnral authority and a number of smaller states

___	representative	58) a term used to describe groups or movements that are started by ordinary citizens rather than by political parties or organizations

___	Social Security	59) the first ten amendments of the Constitution

___	subpoena	60) the 55 men who wrote the Constitution

___	subsidy	61) the number of votes cast by individual voters in a presidential election

___	suffrage	62) an international organization founded n 1945 to help bring about peaceful cooperation between the governments of the world

___	Supreme Court	63) regulations and guidelines established to promote the hiring of minorities

___	surplus	64) a person who loves

___	tax	65) a group of states joined loosely for a common purpose

___	term of office	66) a king or a queen

___	treaty	67) a person who supports military action to resolve conflicts

___	tyranny	68) a political party's official position on the issues

___	tyrant	69) when the government stops the press from telling or printing certain things

___	unicameral	70) a group of people given the power to pass laws

___	United Nations	71) a product brought in from another country

___	urban	72) the introduction to the Constitution

___	veto power	73) a person who is elected by a group of people to act on their behalf

___	warrant	74) a person who favors peace and wants to avoid war

___	welfare	75) a relationship between groups who share a cause

Answer Key:

49 - advocate

63 - affirmative action

75 - alliance

54 - amend

44 - bicameral

59 - Bill of Rights

42 - bribery

17 - budget

13 - cabinet

69 - censorship

55 - change of venue

10 - commerce

65 - confederation

48 - conservative

18 - constitution

5 - consumer

50 - deficit

15 - delegate

45 - democracy

12 - discrimination

16 - domestic

56 - double jeopardy clause

74 - dove

28 - Electoral College

8 - embargo

52 - eminent domain

22 - export

7 - extradition

57 - federal

60 - founding fathers

51 - free market

30 - fugitive

14 - GOP

58 - grassroots

67 - hawk

31 - impeachment

71 - import

34 - incumbent

32 - inflation

33 - integration

3 - intervention

2 - jury

70 - legislature

29 - liberal

11 - majority

26 - militia

4 - minority

66 - monarch

25 - mudslinging

47 - national debt

64 - patriot

68 - platform

27 - poll

61 - popular vote

72 - preamble

43 - press

53 - ratify

73 - representative

46 - Social Security

1 - subpoena

6 - subsidy

24 - suffrage

9 - Supreme Court

23 - surplus

19 - tax

37 - term of office

39 - treaty

38 - tyranny

20 - tyrant

21 - unicameral

62 - United Nations

35 - urban

36 - veto power

41 - warrant

40 - welfare

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

What's your point, Jonathan?

Pieanne · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

thank you jonathan 4 the info.
it really helped me in my American Studies asignment

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