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U.S History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In a(n)______like the United States, citizens rule through elected representatives. | Republic |
| In the late 1700s, the number of free African American people in Virginia grew due to the passage of a law that encouraged______. | Manumission |
| An example of a(n)______ to the U.S Constitution is the Bill of Rights. | Amendment |
| In creating their own Constitution, most of the original states up a(n) _________ legislature to divide the power between two houses. | Bicameral |
| In the House of Representatives,the number of representative must be _____, or correspond in size,to the population of each state. | Proportional |
| The political feature of the United States government whereby power is shared between the federal and the state government is called _____ | Federalism |
| In 1785, the Confederation passed a(n)_____the established a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands north of the Ohio River. | Ordinance |
| The _____ system was established so that no single branch can dominate the government. | Checks & Balances |