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Constitutional Principles and Governmental Structure: Amendments, Checks and Balances, and Rights

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What is a change in, or addition to, a constitution or law called?
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What term describes a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses?
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What system is used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch?
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What is the document called that spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society?
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What is the term for being tried twice for the same crime?
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What term describes fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement?
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What is the body of electors called who formally elect the United States president and vice-president?
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What is the power of a government to take private property for public use called?
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Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
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What is the system called in which power is divided between the national and state governments?
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Who were the group of delegates that drafted the United States Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787?
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What term describes something that is of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge?
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Which branch of government is responsible for making laws?
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What is the belief that ultimate power resides in the people called?
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What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
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What clause states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, over states?
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What is the chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature called?
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