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| controls appropriation of money |
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| impeaches and removes federal judges |
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| override presidential veto by 2/3 vote |
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| declares laws unconstitutional |
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| declares presidential acts and treaties unconstitutional |
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| appoint judges and ambassadors |
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| call congress into special session |
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| the authority of a nation-state's right to rule itself |
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| purpose of gov: the right to be free from outside interferance |
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| maintenance of public order |
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| purpose of gov: protect citizens from violence against one another. ensure an orderly daily existense and promote a sense of justice. |
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| resolution of social conflicts |
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| purpose of gov: if authority is respected, people tend to accept their decisions. |
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| responsibility for a stable economy |
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| purpose of gov: the role of government in creating and maintaining a healthy economy |
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| provision of public services |
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| purpose of gov: transportations, communications network, public health, unemployment, welfare, etc.. |
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| the methods or tactics involved in managing government and gaining power |
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| The Social Contract Theory/4 philosophers |
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| theory used as inspiration for the American Revolution; Locke, Harrington, Hobbes, Rousseau |
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| the belief that rulers derive their suthority directly from God and are accountable only to Him |
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| concept that the governed and those governing have obligations to eachother. people will support the government. the government will protect the basic rights of the people. |
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| government held by a single unit |
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| governmental powers are divided ex: austrailia, US, germany, india, canada, mexico |
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| democratic system; all citizens participate in politics and decision making |
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| most common form of democracy: policies are made by officials accountable to the people who elected them |
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| created to establish a balance of liberty, order and justice |
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| the magna carta, the petition of right, the english bill of rights |
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| the 3 important documents the colonists based their early government on |
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| what european movement was the declaration of independance directly influenced by? |
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| the king and british parliament |
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| Locke (second treatise of government), reflected the power struggle between these two groups |
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| democracy in which the supreme power lies with the citizens who vote for officials and representatives |
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| slavery, 3/5's of slaves in each state |
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| the formla approach, or act of validating, a constitution, constitutional amendment, or a treaty |
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| supporters of a strong federal government as described in the constitution |
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| those who opposed the adoption of the constituion |
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| a set of principles and rules for governing a country |
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| the fundamental principle that the power to govern belongs to the people and the government must be based on the consent of the governed |
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| system in which political power is divided among the 3 branches of government with each having some control over the others |
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| changes to the constitution |
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| elected official during the period between failure to win re-election and the inauguration of a successor |
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