Government

2. What is the power of the Legislative Branch?
5. A type of government where all citizens take part in making laws.
7. How many rights are in the U.S. Bill of Rights?
8. A set of written rules which set up a government is called the ________?
9. ____________, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the rights taken from the preamble of the Constitution of the United States.
12. The United States has what type of government?
14. Who is the head of the Executive Branch?

1. What was written in the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
3. What branch makes up the federal court system and the U.S. Supreme Court?
4. Who was the United States declaring their independence from when they wrote the Declaration of Independence?
6. This is a system that allows each branch of government to prevent another branch from exerting too much power.
10. How many branches of government are in the United States of America?
11. A set of written rules?
13. Who wrote the first draft of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?