| A | B |
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| Legislative Branch | Article 1 established this branch of government that can create laws |
| Senate | house of Congress that has 100 members |
| House of Representatives | house of Congress that has 435 members and is based on population |
| Executive Branch | Article 2 establishes this branch of government that can enforce or carry out laws |
| President | head of the executive branch |
| cabinet | group of ment and women who are the President's closest advisors |
| Judicial Branch | Article 3 establishes this branch of government that interprets or makes judgments on laws |
| Supreme Court | highest court in the U.S. |
| 9 | the number of justices who serve on the Supreme Court |
| Repulican | Article 4 guarantees each state this form of government |
| Congress | given the power to admit new states |
| Article 5 | Article of the Constitution that provides a way to amend the Constitution |
| Article 4 | Article of the Constitution that demands states respect the laws and decisions of other states |
| 3/4 | this fraction of state legislatures must ratify an amendment to the Constitution |
| Article 6 | Article that establishes the Constitution as the Supreme law of the land |
| Article 7 | Article of the Constitution that stated 9 out of 13 states had to ratify the Constitution for it to replace the Articles of Confederation |
| 1st Amendment | Freedom of Religion, press, speech, assembly, petition |
| 2nd Amendment | right to bear arms |
| 3rd Amendment | No Quartering of Soldiers |
| 4th Amendment | No unreasonable searches and seizures |
| 5th Amendment | Due Process and Double Jeopardy |
| 6th Amendment | Right to a fair and speedy public trial and a lawyer |
| 7th Amendment | Right to a Trial by Jury |
| 8th Amendment | No cruel and unusual punishment |
| 9th Amendment | Americans have other rights not listed in the Constitution |
| 10th Amendment | Powers not designated to the Federal government in the Constitution goes to the states |
| sharing of powers between the National and State governments | Federalism |
| to make sure no one branch of government gets too much power | purpose of Checks and Balances |
