Vocabulary

=Vocabulary (on Quizlet)=
 * **amendment** || a change in or addition to a document ||
 * **Articles** || the major parts of the Constitution ||
 * **basic rights** || the rights to life, liberty and property which everyone should have ||
 * **Bill of Rights** || the first ten amendments to the Constitution. It contains the basic rights which the federal government may not interfere with. ||
 * **cabinet** || A group made up of the heads of the departments of the executive branch, They advise the President. ||
 * **checks and balances** || the sharing and balancing of power among different branches of government so no one branch can completely control the others. ||
 * **common defense** || Protection of the people from enemies. ||
 * **common welfare** || The good of the community as a whole. ||
 * **Congress** || The national legislature of the United States. Congress has two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. ||
 * **domestic tranquility** || peaceful situation within the country ||
 * **House of Representatives** || One of the houses of Congress. The number of representatives from each state is based on its population. ||
 * **Senate** || One of the houses of Congress. There are 2 senators from each state. ||
 * **The Great Compromise** || Plan accepted by the Philadelphia Convention that called for Congress to have two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. ||
 * **Philadelphia** **Convention** || The meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which the U.S. Constitution was written. ||
 * **preamble** || The introduction to the Constitution which states the purpose of the Constitution ||