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- 1. an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution.
- 3. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).
- 4. outlined a strong national government with three branches.
- 5. the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
- 6. It does not define government powers or individual rights.
- 8. is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws.
- 10. determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population.
- 12. the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it.
- 13. a supporters of the federal government.
- 15. the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States.
- 17. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress.
- 18. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
- 19. is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.
- 20. the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
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- 2. consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies.
- 7. branch makes all laws.
- 9. decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws.
- 11. deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature.
- 14. the elected head of a republic.
- 16. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.