Constitution Vocabulary

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  1. 2. The people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.
  2. 4. an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution
  3. 6. 1st Constitution of the U.S.
  4. 8. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  5. 9. basic rights people are born with, also called unalienable rights
  6. 12. A government in which the people rule.
  7. 13. trade between two or more states
  8. 14. independent power
  9. 17. Formal approval
  10. 18. The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
  11. 19. The US government's power is limited by the US Constitution.
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  1. 1. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  2. 3. A government in which the people rule.
  3. 5. Ordinance a law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union
  4. 7. an agreement between opposing sides
  5. 10. the supreme law of the United States
  6. 11. complaint
  7. 15. an alliance of states created for a common purpose
  8. 16. Two house legislature