1. After the War of Independence was won, the national government
was called
, and the agreement that guided the government was
.
2. The city where the Declaration of Independence was signed and
where the U.S. Constitution was made is
.
3. The Constitutional Convention was held in the year of
and the president of the Convention was
.
4. The Constitution set up a federal system with
.
5. A federal system is one in which
is shared between
and
with some rights reserved to each.
6. The U.S. federal government consists of the following three branches:
,
and
.
7. The Congress is divided into
with
members who serve two-year terms, and
with
lawmakers who serve six-year terms.
8. Groups who try to persuade Congressmen to vote for or against
a bill are known as
.
9. The Supreme Court is composed of
chief justice and
associate justices.
10. The Supreme Court has the function of determining whether Congressional
legislative or executive action violates the Constitution. This
power is called
.
11. There are
amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
12. Two major political parties are
, which is thought to be more liberal, and
, which is believed to be more
.
