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- 1. The constitution was born on May 1787 in ___
- 3. The ____ includes the President, the vice president, and the heads of various departments and agencies.
- 4. ___ could only become law after receiving nine of those votes.
- 8. The ___ is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- 9. each branch is ____ by the other two in different ways.
- 11. America's first ____, written in 1776.
- 13. The First Amendment is for the freedom of religion and ______
- 14. The Fourth Amendment is when police and government need a____ to search your home
- 15. There are the seven main sections, called ____
- 18. The people who wrote the constitution are called ___
- 20. Shay's ____ lasted for months, and there was nothing the Articles Congress could do about it.
- 22. the judicial branch is headed by the ____ and its nine justices.
- 24. The Second Continental Congress, made up of representatives from the ____ colonies.
- 25. Virginia Plan called for a government composed of a legislative, executive, and judicial branch.
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- 2. In 1787, state representatives met to discuss changing the _______.
- 5. Congress can also remove Supreme Court justices from their posts through a process called _____.
- 6. The ____ Amendment has to do with “quartering soldiers,” or letting them stay in your house.
- 7. They elected ____ to preside, since he was the most trusted among them.
- 10. The ____ the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- 12. The Fifth Amendment is when you cannot ___ yourself
- 16. When Congress passes a law, the President can ____, or reject, it.
- 17. Each article covers ___ part of government, or a key government process.
- 19. The Second ____ says that Americans have the right to bear arms.
- 21. ___ 4th, they adopted the Declaration of Independence.
- 23. Congress couldn't levy ____ to support George Washington's Army
