The Constitution

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amendments, articles, bill of rights, checks and balances, congress, constitution, executive, judicial, legislative, preamble, representative democracy, senate, separation of powers, the house of representatives

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1. A document that gives the rules for how a government should run.

5. The people who are responsible for turning the wants and needs of the people into laws.

6. Branch that judges the laws.

8. Dividing power into three different areas, making sure that one branch wouldn't overpower the others. 3 words

9. Gives directions for how the government should work.

13. The first 10 amendments. 3 words

14. Citizens elect people to represent their needs and concerns in Congress. 2 words

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2. They represent the interests of the citizens who live in the district they represent within the state. 4 words

3. Changes that were made after the Constitution became law.

4. Branch that the laws are being carried out.

7. Each branch makes sure the other branches don't get too powerful. 3 words

10. They represent the interests of the citizens in the entire state.

11. Branch of government that makes laws.

12. Introduces the Constitution and explains what it is meant to do.

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