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New American Nation and SC Government

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Amendment   This is the process that allows the Constitution to be updated as the years go by.  
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Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch   This is the name of the three parts or branches of our national government.  
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Executive Branch   This is the branch that has the job of carrying out the laws.  
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Judicial Branch   This branch interprets the laws to see if they are constitutional or not.  
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Legislative Branch   This branch has the job of making the laws of the land.  
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Governor   This is the leader of the state executive branch.  
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State House of Representatives and State Senate   These are the two parts that our state legislative branch is broken down into.  
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United States Supreme Court   This part of our national judicial branch works to see if laws are constitutional.  
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Constitution   This is a written set of rules to govern a state or country.  
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Ratify   This is when one makes a document official.  
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General Assembly   This is what the combination of our State House of Representatives and the State Senate are called.  
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Constitutional Convention   This was the meeting in Philadelphia, PA that was held to decide what we would do about forming a new government.  
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Congress   This is what the combination of our United State House of Representatives and the United States Senate are called.  
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President   This is the leader of the nation’s executive branch  
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State Supreme Court   This is the highest court in South Carolina. It manages all the lower courts in the state. It decides whether state laws are constitutional.  
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United States Supreme Court   This is the highest court in our nation and decides whether or not our country’s laws are constitutional  
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U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate   These are the two parts that our nation’s legislative branch is broken down into  
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