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| based on population, 435 members, draws charges in an impeachment |
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| equal # (2) per state, 100 members, serves as jury in an impeachment |
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| bi-cameral, made up of House & Senate |
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| how Congress accomplishes work, divided according to issue (ed, health care, etc.) |
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| to charge a high official with a crime or misconduct |
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| party in congress with less members in a house |
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| party in congress with more members in a house |
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| right of the president to reject a proposed law |
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| person who controls the House, decides who speaks, member of the majority party |
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| branch that is responsible for executing laws, headed by the president |
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| State of the Union Address |
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| President's speech each year to a joint session of Congress, includes proposed laws and plans for the nation |
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| a written agreement with a foreign country, presidential power |
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| power of the president to forgive a crime and free a prisoner |
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| a duty of the president, the financial plan for the nation |
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| heads of the Cabinet departments |
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| U.S. representative in another country |
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| home of the ambassador, U.S. headquarters in a foreign country |
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| document allowing U.S. citizens to visit, work, or attend school abroad |
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| according to the constitution |
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| a court decision based upon an earlier decision |
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| men and women who hear evidence in a case and decide guilt or innocence |
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| right to a hearing before you can lose your life, liberty or pursuit of happiness (e.g. go to jail) |
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| right to have your case heard by another court |
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| political party, conservative, supports ideas that protect the rights of an individual and family first |
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| political party, liberal, supports ideas that protect the rights of the whole society before an individual |
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| party of independent groups, challenge two-party system, such as green, libertarian, constitutional, natural law |
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| group of elected citizen representatives from each state who vote and decide the President for the people |
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| group of people with similar ideas on political issues |
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| where candidates & parties stand on political issues |
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| first of two elections, choose candidates for your political party |
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| second of two elections, choose overall winner |
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| war between citizens of one nation |
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| to break away & form your own country |
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| supported by Plessy v. Ferguson, southern law that blacks and whites must be separate in all public places |
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| nickname for confederate/southern soldiers |
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| nickname for union/northern soldiers |
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| rights of states to govern self, especially when the federal government fails to enforce the laws |
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| separation, such as with black and white races |
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| kill by hanging, punishment used against free blacks by KKK |
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