| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Legislative, Executive,Judicial | branches of government |
| constitution | the plan and set of rules for our government |
| congress | a group of elected people to make laws for the country.created by congress |
| 100 | Number of senators in the U.S. |
| 2 | number of senators in each state. |
| term | office held by a senator for 6 years. |
| Senators | meet in the U.S. Capital |
| 435 | Number of representatives. |
| Representatives | Serve for a term of 2 years. |
| President | Head of the government |
| Democratic Society | Americans vote every four years for their leader |
| White House | Presidetn lives and works |
| President | in charge of armed forces |
| Supreme Court | highest court in the U.S. |
| System of courts | settles questions about the laws. |
| 9 | number of justices |
| Justice | chosen by the president |
| president | carries out the laws of the U.S. |
| Congress, Senate, and House of Representative | make the laws. |
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