4th grade study of the constitution checks and balances
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| show | A change to the constitution
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| show | No
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| How many times has the U.S. Constitution been amended? | show 🗑
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| show | Made the presidency only a 2 term office
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| show | Bill of Right
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| show | Freedom of speech
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| Before 1951 how many terms can the president serve as President? | show 🗑
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| show | Slavery
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| The rules that the thirteen original states made after they declared independence from Great Britain. | show 🗑
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| Rules that give each branch of government some power to control the power of the other branches | show 🗑
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| Another name for the President of the United States. | show 🗑
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| The group of elected representatives who make the laws of the United States. Called the Houses of Representatives and the U.S. Senate | show 🗑
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| show | Constitution of the United States.
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| show | Delegates
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| A government in which the people make decisions by voting. | show 🗑
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| The second branch of the U.S. government. | show 🗑
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| show | Federal Government
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| The system of two levels of government- a government for the whole country and governments for each state. | show 🗑
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| The people who created the Constitution in 1787 | show 🗑
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| Before the government put someone on trail, it must first convince a group of people that the person broke law. What is the name of this group? | show 🗑
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| show | House of Representatives
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| The 2 groups that make up congress. One is called the House of Representatives the other is called Senate. | show 🗑
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| show | Impeach
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| show | Judges
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| The third branch of the U.S. Government | show 🗑
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| A group of regular people who decides whether someone on trail broke the law | show 🗑
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| show | Justices
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| show | Laws
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| The first branch of the U.S. government | show 🗑
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| show | Monarchy
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| The person who commands the army, the navy, and the rest of the military and meets with leader of other countries | show 🗑
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| show | Republic
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| The system of government that gives some power to each branch of government instead of all power to only one branch | show 🗑
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| The money the government collects from the people to help it do it's jobs, such as paying the soldier and sailors and buying equipment for them | show 🗑
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| show | Supreme Court
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| show | Term
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| show | U.S. Senate
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| show | Veto
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| Why did the Founding Fathers divide the Congress into two chambers? | show 🗑
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| show | executive
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| show | legislative
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| show | the attorney general.
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| Which branch of government is responsible for deciding if a law follows a state's constitution? | show 🗑
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| Which branch of government is the Department of Justice a part of? | show 🗑
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| show | The three-branch system established a strong central government without giving too much power to any one group.
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| show | local, state, and national governments
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| Which of the following actions involving motor vehicles would be the responsibility of the judicial branch of a state government? | show 🗑
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| The judicial branch is responsible for. | show 🗑
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| show | judicial branch at the state level
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| Which amendment in the Bill of Rights gave Dr. King the right to gather people in Washington that day? | show 🗑
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| Beating or mistreating a prisoner is illegal in this country. That is because the Eighth Amendment of the Bill of Rights protects citizens against | show 🗑
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| Which amendment of the Bill of Rights protects the family's freedom to practice their religion? | show 🗑
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