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SSOS #36-40
Term | Definition |
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We the people | Includes all the states and their citizens |
In order to form a more perfect union | create a new and better government |
promote the general welfare | support the whole country |
secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity | protect the freedoms and rights of Americans now and in the future |
interprets law | judicial |
makes law | legislative |
carries out the law | executive |
United States Constitution | set up a new central government, created three branches of government, and became the highest law in the nation |
amendment | change |
Declaration of Independence | all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
Ohio River | Ohio's southern border |
compromise | give a little, get a little |
liberty | freedom |
tranquility | peacefulness |
posterity | people of the future |
unalienable | cannot be take away |