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- 2. Representatives from the colonies had to gather or convene at the Constitutional ___________ to work out the language of the Consitution.
- 3. The first ten amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of _____________.
- 7. The ______________branch of the government includes the President and Vice President.
- 9. The twenty-sixth amendment lowered the voting age to __________________as a result of the Vietnam War.
- 11. Before the Constitution could become law, the delegates had to pass or _____________________if.
- 12. The ____________________branch of our government is made up of judges and courts; they determine the legality of laws and actions.
- 14. A change or addition to a document is called an ___________________.
- 15. Slavery in the US was eventually ended by the _________________ (two words with no space) and the passage of the 13th Amendment.
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- 1. Our Senate and House of Representatives make up the _____________________branch of government; their job is to create and pass laws and federal budgets.
- 4. Our Consitution includes ___________________ branches of government so that no one part can become too powerful.
- 5. _________________were given the right to vote by the nineteenth amendment in 1920.
- 6. Though the issue of ___________________did come up at the Convention with several representatives wanting to abolish it, the delegates did not illegalize it for fear that they would not be able to ratify the Constitution if this was included.
- 8. The Bill of Rights was drafted to protect _________________rights from the possibility of a Tyranny or overly oppressive government.
- 10. In the original Constitution, only white males over 21 who owned __________________ could vote.
- 13. The introduction to the Consitution is called the _________________.