Unit 4:
The U.S. Constitution
Unit Vocabulary:
SOL’s & Essential Knowledge:
- slander
- libel
- civil rights
- reserved powers
- expressed powers
- concurrent powers
- federalism
- preamble
-amendment
-due process
-impeach
-separation of powers
-checks & balances
-implied powers
-welfare
SOL 2c: Preamble
- Identify the purposes for the U.S. Constitution as they
are stated in its Preamble.
SOL 3b: Basic Rights and Freedoms
- What fundamental rights and liberties are guaranteed
in the First Amendment?
in the Fourteenth Amendment?
SOL 6a: Federalism
- How does the Constitution divide powers among the
national, state, and local levels of government?
-How does the Constitution share powers among the
national, state and local levels of government?
SOL 6b: Structure and Powers of the National Government
- What is the structure of the national Government?
- What are the powers the national Government?
SOL 6c: Separation of Powers/Checks & Balances
- How does the separation of powers protect against
the abuse of power by any one branch?
- How does the system of checks and balances give
each branch of government a way to limit the
powers of the other branches?
SOL 6d: Amending the Constitution
- How can the U.S. Constitution be amended?