Constitution 2
Terms
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- 18
- You must be at least this age to vote
- checks and balances
- the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches, so that no one branch becomes too powerful
- 100
- This is the number of members in the Senate
- Thomas Jefferson
- the main writer of the Declaration of Independence
- 9
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This is the number of judges in the Supreme
Court
- preamble
- an introduction, in this case to the constitution
- George Washington
- the first president of the United States
- 30
- You must be this old to be a member in the Senate
- George W. Bush
- the president of the United States today
- Judicial branch
- interprets laws
- Congress
- the House of Representatives & Senate
- Bill of Rights
- the first ten amendments to the constitution
- Supreme Court
- the highest court in the United States
- amendment
- a change to the constitution
- constitution
- a formal plan of government
- 25
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You must be this old to be a member in the
House of Representatives
- Commander in Chief
- the president is this for the U.S. military
- First Amendment
- freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, & petition
- Executive Branch
- enforces or carries out laws
- Legislative branch
- makes laws
- 35
- You must be this old to become the President