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- 5. The first ten amendments added to the Constitution are known as the __________ of Rights
- 6. The U.S. ____________ claims , which are powers that are suggested but not directly stated in the Constitution implied powers
- 7. The Constitution, written in Philadelphia in 1787, included ___________ powers
- 9. The words “We the People” are the first words of the ____________ of the constitution
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- 1. If a state law _______ the Constitution or federal law, the Constitution or federal law prevails.
- 2. Ratified by the states in 1868, the Fourteenth granted full citizenship rights to formerly enslaved African Americans
- 3. For an amendment to be _________, it must be approved by what three-fourths of the states
- 4. The system established to maintain a _________ of power between the three branches of government is called checks and balances
- 8. The Americans formed a republic, a government in which people rule through __________ representatives
