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3. controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states
12. general term for transacting or transportation of products, services, or money across state borders.
15. relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
16. The courts review laws.
17. support for a republican system of government.
18. Congress has two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
19. counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
20. the elected head of a republic

1. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
2. the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power.
4. controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states
5. is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws
6. the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of
7. the federal principle or system of government.
8. directs, plans, and coordinates operational activities for their organization or company
9. can be made to existing constitutions and statutes and are also commonly made to bills in the course of their passage through a legislature.
10. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
11. kicking off president
13. the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
14. ? of United States of America 1789