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- 2. The President is elected through a system called the ____________ college.
- 5. The two historical documents that created an English tradition that the colonists wanted to continue in America were the English Bill of Rights and the _________.
- 7. Under the Articles, Congress could not_____ _____.
- 11. __________ is the request that a decision be reviewed by a higher court.
- 12. The ________ branch, also known as Congress, makes the laws in our government.
- 14. The _________ branch interprets the laws.
- 16. Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was given to the _____.
- 17. The ____ Plan called for the central government to have 3 separate branches.
- 19. The _________ amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press.
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- 1. the Northern states agreed to the Three-Fifths ___ because they didn't want the southern states to pull out of the union.
- 3. _______ Sovereignty asserts that people are the source of a government's power.
- 4. Many states insisted that a _______ be added to the Constitution.
- 6. _____ Rights such as freedom of speech, religion and the right to a trial.
- 8. The president is part of the _____ branch.
- 9. The main job of the Supreme Court is to serve as the nation’s final court of __________.
- 10. The division of powers between the federal government and the states is called ___.
- 13. In a _________ government, the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.
- 15. The ________ amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
- 18. John Locke declared that every individual has ________.