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  1. 5. The Constitution is based on the idea that states and the nation share power, or _____ .
  2. 8. When national legislature was divided into two houses, we called this the ___ compromise.
  3. 10. Supreme Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional is called ___ ___ , per John Marshall.
  4. 13. The Constitution is based on the idea that people rule themselves, or popular ___ .
  5. 15. ___ of ___ was created because people feared the Constitution might remove newspapers & guns.
  6. 18. In the ___ of representatives, the number of representatives depends on state population.
  7. 20. The national government’s ___ powers are listed in the constitution, & banking is not one of them.
  8. 21. Constitution is based on ___ & ___ , so branches of government are not too powerful.
  9. 22. ___ wanted the 13 states to approve the Constitution, which would create a national government.
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  1. 1. The structure for a national government (not state) was created with the articles of ____.
  2. 2. Constitution is based on the idea of ___ of ___ , using three branches of government.
  3. 3. The national government’s ___ powers are not in the constitution, but necessary to run a government.
  4. 4. ____ is a government where citizens have the power & can vote.
  5. 6. ___-___ wanted a national government, but worried the nation would overpower the states.
  6. 7. Articles of Confederation lacked the power to make laws that were ___ upon the ___ .
  7. 9. Argument between northern & southern states was settled with the ___ ___ compromise.
  8. 11. Articles of Confederation created legislative branch, but Constitution created the ___ branch.
  9. 12. Constitutional amendments 1-8 protect ___ , while amendments 9 & 10 protect states.
  10. 14. Articles of Confederation created legislative branch, but Constitution created the ___ branch.
  11. 16. Congress under the articles of confederation could go to war, but it could not ___ ___ .
  12. 17. 13 states were brought together under the Articles of Confederation & governed by the ____ .
  13. 19. In the ___ , the number of representatives is the same for every state.