1. Chapter 5.1
Vocabulary

2. Federal system
A system that divided powers between the states and the federal government

3. impeach The house of representatives can impeach
Vote to bring charges of serious crimes against a President

4. veto
Cancel
The president can veto a law congress has passed

5. Executive orders
To carry out laws affecting the Constitution, treaties, and statutes, the President issues executive orders
These commands have the power of LAW

6. Pardons
The President can grant pardons
Freedom from punishment

7. Thurgood Marshall
In 1967 he became the first African American justice

8. Sandra Day O’Connor
Appointed in 1981
First female Court justice