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  1. 4. Concept that different branches of government share power and can limit the power of the other branches
  2. 7. First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  3. 8. Vietnam is often referred to as the "hot" part of this decades long conflict.
  4. 10. Article of the Constitution establishing the legislative branch
  5. 12. After our Constitution was established our nation entered the New _____ Era.
  6. 13. Outlines the relationships between states and the federal government, including rules for admitting new states and ensuring each state has a republican form of government.
  7. 14. A government institution that makes laws
  8. 16. The first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution
  9. 17. According to the Declaration of Indendence, "all men are ______".
  10. 18. The principle of fair and free elections mainly concerns the rights of citizens when doing this.
  11. 22. This era followed the Guilded age.
  12. 25. Method of decision-making where the greater number of people have the most power
  13. 27. Article of the Constitution describing the ratification process
  14. 28. The years immediately following the Civil War is known by this name.
  15. 31. Formal approval
  16. 32. Concept that laws are made public and are equally enforced towards all people
  17. 34. Treaty of ______ officially ending the Revolutionary War
  18. 35. Document that establishes a government, ratified in 1788.
  19. 37. Who did the American colonies declare independence from?
  20. 38. A ruling authority of a community
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  1. 1. Main author of the Declaration of Independence
  2. 2. Article of the Constitution describing the Amendment process
  3. 3. The "supremacy clause" states that the federal Constitution is the supreme _____________.
  4. 5. The law-making body of the U.S. government.
  5. 6. Short name of NBA team that was named for the year of our Declaration of Independence.
  6. 8. Throughout the 1600s and much of the 1700s, New Jersey and others were not states, but instead were known as _______.
  7. 9. The period just before the Civil War.
  8. 11. A power or privelige held by people and protected by law, usually through a constitution
  9. 13. When power is shared between a federal government and state or regional governments
  10. 15. of Independence Document declared the independence of the United States from Great Britain
  11. 19. 1914-1945 included two of these.
  12. 20. This political movement took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s.
  13. 21. Article of the Constitution containing the "supremacy clause"
  14. 23. According to the Declaration of Independence, everyone has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of this.
  15. 24. This war was fought between 1775 and 1783.
  16. 26. Article of the Constitution establishing the judicial branch
  17. 29. Article of the Constitution establishing the executive branch
  18. 30. This war from 1860-1865 was fought largely to settle the slavery question in America.
  19. 33. First national government of the United States, the Articles of ________.
  20. 36. The first paragraph of the Constitution