CONSTITUTION

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  1. 4. to officially change or add to something
  2. 8. introduction to and containing goals of the Constitution
  3. 9. means the U.S. gov't makes the highest laws of the land that cannot be ignored
  4. 10. 67% vote of all Congressional members that can undo a presidential veto
  5. 11. fairness provided by courts and trials
  6. 12. peace within the country (controlled by law enforcement)
  7. 19. law making branch of government
  8. 20. one who was against the Constitution
  9. 24. the Constitution is organized into 7
  10. 25. future generations
  11. 27. law making group divided up into 2 houses
  12. 28. happiness and well-being of all (programs paid for by tax dollars)
  13. 30. abbreviation for the state that came up with the "great" compromise of 2 houses
  14. 31. the act of canceling a law
  15. 32. house of Congress that has an equal number of reps (2) per state
  16. 33. the number of reps in the House of Reps is determined by a state's ________.
  17. 36. committee made up of members of both houses to iron out differences in versions of a law
  18. 38. the only national government job that has a life term
  19. 39. number of years they postponed laws about slavery
  20. 40. the Constitutional Convention met to revise the Articles of Confederation because it was too ______.
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  1. 1. branch that interprets laws
  2. 2. one who supported a stronger gov't under the Constitutoin
  3. 3. after a bill is written it must have a _______ in both houses of Congress
  4. 5. the first ten amendments are known as the _____ ____ _______.
  5. 6. the south supported this and threatened to separate from the US if it was abolished
  6. 7. a bill can become a law when the _________ signs it.
  7. 13. 51% of a vote equals the ________
  8. 14. number of slavesto be counted in the population
  9. 15. system that prevented any one branch from having too much power
  10. 16. small state that wanted equal representation of all states in the national gov't
  11. 17. state with a large population that wanted more reps in the national gov't.
  12. 18. person who believed in separation of powers of government into 3 branches
  13. 21. government that divides up powers between a national gov't. and its smaller parts (states)
  14. 22. branch that carries out (enforces) laws
  15. 23. kicking a government official out of office for wrongdoing
  16. 26. returning a runaway from the law from one state to the one seeking the fugitive
  17. 29. freedom (protected in the Bill of Rights and by voting)
  18. 34. a promise or pledge to uphold something
  19. 35. born the type of citizen the president must be
  20. 37. to approve