Social Studies 1088 checkup 3

Legislative

The___________________________________________ branch makes the laws.

Senate

The two houses of the legislative branch of the federal government are the House of Representatives and the ________________________________________.

Two-year

Legislators of the House of Representation are elected for _________________________________________________ terms by the voting of the states they represent.

small, large

In the House, states having a _______________________________________________ population have few representatives, while states having a ____________________________ population have many representatives.

senators

The senates is made up two __________________________________________ from each states regardless of states population.

enforcing

The executive branch is responsible for _____________________________________ laws passed by Congress.

executive

The _____________________________________________ branch is headed by the President, who is also the Commander in Chief of the military forces.

President

The ____________________________________ is elected to four-year term by the electors.

Judicial

The ______________________________________ branch has a constitutional obligation to interpret laws according to the Constitution.

Supreme Court

Members of the ______________________________________, called ''justices,'' are appointed by the President and approved by the senate.

life

Supreme Court justices serve for ________________________________________________ or as long as their behavior is good.

Pies Dios no nos ha dado un espĂ­ritu de timidez, sino de amor y de dominio propio 2 Timoteo 1:7

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Preamble

The six specific goals of the Constitution are found in the ____________________________________.

Amendment

In over 225 years, only 27 ____________________________________ have been added to the Constitution.

Federalists

The ______________________________ supported ratification of the Constitution.

Alexander Hamilton

The most active and effective Federalist were James Madison, John Bay, and ___________________________.

Antifederalists

____________________________________ were those who did not agree with the Constitution.

Bill of Rights

Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams believed a ____________________________ ought to be added to the Constitution.

Federalist Papers

A collection of 85 letter written to promote the adoption of the Constitution in the state of New York is today called The ____________________________________.

supreme

With the ninth state's (New Hampshire's) vote, the Constitution became the _________________________________ law of the land.

Electors

The states chose their ____________________________________ for the first Presidential election in United States history on January 7, 1789.

George Washington

_____________________________________ became the first President of United States.

John Adams

Because __________________________________________ received the next highest number of electoral votes, he became the first Vice President of the United States.

Rhode Island

In May 1790 ___________________________________ was the thirteenth states to ratify the Constitution.

three-fourths

When _________________________________________ of the states ratify a proposed amendment, it become an amendment of the Constitution.