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- 3. A territory seeking Statehood is first directed to prepare a State constitution by means of a(n) ____.
- 4. The system of this helps keep one branch of government from dominating the actions of the others
- 8. Changes to the written provisions of the Constitution may be made only through the process of ____.
- 10. ____ provides that a State cannot take unfair advantage in its laws of the residents of another State
- 13. is one of the seven numbered sections of the Constitution
- 14. In order for a new State to be admitted to the Union, Congress must pass a(n) ____ after a State constitution has been approved by the people of the proposed State.
- 15. is a way to change the Constitution
- 16. The National Government has three types of ____ that have been granted to it in the Constitution.
- 17. The first ten amendments are called the ____.
- 18. ____ federal aid given to States and local governments with virtually no conditions attached
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- 1. ____ those powers held by the States, not granted specifically to the National Government by the Constitution
- 2. A governmental action that denies someone fair and equal treatment under the law may be declared ____.
- 5. ____ the separation of governmental powers between the National Government and the 50 State governments
- 6. The Constitution provides for this by creating three distinct branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial
- 7. ____ those powers exercised solely by the National Government
- 9. carries the same force of law as a treaty
- 11. States receive grants of federal land under a(n) ____ for the purpose of establishing schools and colleges.
- 12. The government and its officers must obey this, which is another way of describing the concept of limited government