Quick Match each item in Column A with its corresponding definition or description in Column B.

Write the letter of the correct answer

1. Rhode Island

2. Enlightenment

3. John Locke

4. Delaware

5. Federalists

6. Bill of Rights

7. legislative branch8. executive branch

9. Electoral College

8. Executive Branch

10. judicial branch

11. Supreme Court

12. veto

A. lawmaking branch of the government that
includes the House of Representatives and the Senate

B. supporters of the new Constitution

C. a special group responsible for electing the
President and Vice President

D. a movement in the 1700s that spread the idea that
knowledge, reason, and science could improve society

E. first state to ratify the Constitution

F. court system that includes the Supreme Court

G. protects individual freedoms

H. last state to ratify the Constitution

I headed by the President

J. rejecting a bill or proposal

K. English philosopher who believed that all people
have a right to life, liberty, and property

L. hears cases involving the Constitution