Midterm- New Nation & Constitution

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Lower house of the national legislature

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House of Representatives

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Upper house of the national legislature

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Senate

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Provisions of the Constitution that keep one branch of the government from controlling the other two branches

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Checks and balances

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President of the United States

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chief executive

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Electors chosen by the states to elect the president and vice president

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electoral college

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Order in which the office of president is filled if it becomes vacant before an election

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succession

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Highest federal court in the United States

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Supreme Court

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Authority to decide whether a law is constitutional

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judicial review

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Procedure for returning a person charged with a crime to the state where the crime was committed

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extradition

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Officially approve the Constitution or an Amendment to it

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ratify