Constitution terms Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Wilderness road and Cumberland Gap | Daniel Boone |
| Star Spangled Banner and Fort McHenry | Francis Scott Key |
| Helped Corp of Discovery to Succeed (Lewis and Clark) | Sacajawea |
| New Orleans General and people's president | Andrew Jackson |
| First African American appointed by a president to plan Washington D.C. | Benjamin Banneker |
| Negotiated Louisiana Purchase for president Jefferson | James Monroe |
| Expedition to gather information about the west | Meriwether Clark |
| pushed the country toward the war of 1812 | War Hawks |
| USS Constiturtion | Old Ironsides |
| Saved document from the burning White House | Dolly Madison |
| Introduction | Preamble |
| The branch of government whose job it is to carry out the laws and run the government | executive branch |
| a person chosen by people to represent them | delegate |
| the new plan of government approved by the continental congress | Articles of Confederation |
| the head of the judicial branch of government | Supreme Court |
| an addition to something | amendment |
| the house of congrss in which each state has two representatives reguardless of population | Senate |
| a 1787 law that provided a way for pioneers to move to the northwest territory | Northwest Ordinance |
| The house of Congress in which each state is represented according to its population | House of Representatives |
| a system of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments | federal system |
| the lawmaking branch of government | legislative |
| The first ten amendments to the constitution | Bill of Rights |
| a system in which the powers of one branch of government are balanced by the powers of another | checks and balances |
| a plan of government | constitution |
| a group of officials including the secretary of each department and the attorney general | cabinet |
| a type of democracy in which the people elect representatives to run the country | republic |
| the branch of government whose job it is to decide the meaning of laws | judicial branch |
| the head of the executive branch of government | president |
| refuse to approve | veto |
| a group of people who share similar ideas about government | political party |
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