U. S. Constitution

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What year did they write the Constitution?

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1787

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What did the Preamble do?

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The Preamble states the purposes of our Constitution.

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What do the articles in the Constitution explain?

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how the branches of government work, responsibilities and duties of the states as well as what responsibilities the federal government has to the States, how the United States Constitution can be changed

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Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Checks and balances

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A system which prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

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Federalism

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The distribution of power in a government between a central government and local governments, such as states.

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A system which prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.

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Checks and Balances

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The purpose of the Constitution is to ___________.

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define government and show us how we can work together to create a good government

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The federal government was created to be a government for __________.

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the whole country

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What are the first ten amendments called?

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The Bill of Rights