After an amendment has passed in Congress or by a special convention, the amendment must then [____________] by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.

The president’s powers include the ability to sign treaties with other countries and to select ambassadors to represent the United States around the world. The president also sets national policies and proposes laws to Congress. The president [____________] the top leaders of the federal departments. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the president [____________] a new member.

When the Senate proposes a bill, it sends the bill to a Senate committee. The Senate committee studies the issue and the bill. When the House of Representatives proposes a bill, it sends the bill to a House of Representatives committee. The committee studies the bill and sometimes makes changes to it. Then the bill goes to the full House or Senate for consideration. When each chamber [____________] its own version of the bill, it often goes to a “conference committee.”

If both houses [____________] the bill, it is considered “enrolled.” An enrolled bill goes to the president to be signed into law. If the president signs the bill, it becomes a federal law.

Congress [____________] into two parts—the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Framers of the Constitution made sure that the Senate would be small. This would [____________] it more orderly than the larger House of Representatives.

The Constitution says that the government will conduct a census of the population every 10 years to count the number of people in each state. The results of the census [____________] used to recalculate the number of representatives each state should have.

All states [____________] equal power in the Senate because each state has the same number of senators.

The judicial branch [____________] the highest judicial power in the Supreme Court.

The Constitution [____________] a system of government called “representative democracy.” In a representative democracy, citizens choose representatives to make the laws. U.S. citizens also choose a president to lead the executive branch of government.