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1. ________________________________ Limits are placed on the powers of the government, everyone including all authority figures most obey the laws.

2. ________________________________ Provided for a two-house legislature with upper house based on equality (2 senators for each house) and a lower house based on the population of each state.

3. _________________________________ To give official approval to a document, the Constitution was ratified by the states in 1788.

4. _________________________________ Each branch of government shares its power and checks the other two, prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.

5. _________________________________ Branch of government responsible for making the laws, in the U.S. system this is Congress.

6. __________________________________ Branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws in the U.S. system is the President.

7.__________________________________ Branch of government that interprets the laws, in the U.S. system this the Supreme Court.