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| 1. Amendment The first amendment established was having the freedom of speech and religion. |
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| change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this.[image] |
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| 2. Aristocracy Aristocracy is a type of government ruled by honored noble people. |
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| A government in which power is in the hands of a ruling class or nobility. [image] |
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| 3. Checks and balances The government uses the system Checks and balances to help the government branches run everything smoothly and balancing out the amount of power between all the branches. |
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| from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power.[image] |
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| 4. Constitutionalism The government is based on constitutionalism. |
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| the belief that a government should be based on a constitution. [image] |
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| 5. Democracy America's government is based on democracy, just like France and Germany. |
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| a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials. [image] |
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| 6. Direct Democracy In my opinion, Direct Democracy is more efficient than Indirect democracy. |
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| A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives. [image] |
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| 7. Executive A type of branch in the government is the executive branch. |
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| the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well. [image] |
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| 8. Federalism Federalism is a system of government where there is a strong government ruled by federalists. |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government. [image] |
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| 9. Indirect Democracy America is both a direct and indirect democracy. |
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| Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives. [image] |
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| 10. Judicial In my opinion, the judicial branch is the most important branch of government. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions. [image] |
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| 11. Judicial review The Judicial review is a very important part of the government because it goes over any decisions made by another part of the government before finally passing it. |
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| power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government. [image] |
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| 12. Legislative The legislative branch has the power to change any law. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws. [image] |
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| 13. Limited power Certain functions and laws have limited power over the citizens. |
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| a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law. [image] |
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| 14. Monarchy The United Kingdom is a Monarchy following government. |
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| A government ruled by a king or queen. [image] |
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| 15. Oligarchy China and Venezuela have an Oligarchy government. |
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| a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people. [image] |
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| 16. Popular Sovereignty The Popular Sovereignty is an important principle that the American people follow. |
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| basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed (p 70) [image] |
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| 17. Preamble A preamble is similar to a summary. |
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| a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about. [image] |
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| 18. Ratify To Ratify a treaty or contract is to finalize it and confirm it, |
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| to make a written agreement official by signing it. [image] |
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| 19. Republic The Republic government in America is successful because of it's citizens. |
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| A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. [image] |
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| 20. Separation of powers It is important to have separation of powers in the government so that different groups of people in the government can focus on many important subjects, not just one. |
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| division of governmental authority among the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting the presidency, the Congress, and the courts. [image] |
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| 21. Tyranny Tyranny is similar to dictatorship. |
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| cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government. [image] |
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| 22. U.S. Bill of Rights Without the U.S. Bill of Rights, we as a people would not have certain freedoms. |
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| a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constitution. [image] |
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