History End of Term Flashcards
What is the Legislative constitution made up of?
Congress, Senate, House or Representatives
What is the Executive constitution made up of?
President, Vice president, Cabinet
What is the Judicial constitution made up of?
Supreme court, Other federal courts
What does the Legislative constitution do?
Makes/Creates laws
What does the Executive constitution do?
Carries out laws
What does the Judicial constitution do?
Evaluates laws
What is a constitution
a set of basic laws and principles that a country or organisation is governed by
What is the congress
The group of people chosen or elected to make laws in the USA
What is a federation
A group of people, states, etc.
What does impeach mean
to prosecute a person in government for misconduct in office
What are amendments
Changes to a bill or prosecution
What does ratified mean
to be given formal approval
What did the ideological differences between the USA and the soviet union lead to?
Mistrust and eventually a cold war