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#1. Amendment
Amendments are put into the constitution for citizens to follow. |
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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
Most countries with an aristocratic government have noble rulers. |
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| A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility [image] |
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#3. Checks and balances
Checks and balances keep the branches of government stabilized and not overpowered. |
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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 ones that agree to have the government follow a constitution show constitutionalism. |
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| the belief that a government should be based on a constitution [image] |
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#5. Democracy
Most countries have a democracy. |
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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
Everyone represents their nation in a direct 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 branch
The president and vice president are apart of 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
Those that believe in having a federal system of government show federalism. |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government [image] |
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#9. Indirect democracy
The United States follows an indirect democracy where we elect representatives. |
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| Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives. [image] |
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#10. judicial
The judicial branch has to do with the Supreme Court. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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#11. Judicial review
Judicial review keeps the branches of government in their place. |
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| power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government [image] |
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#12. Legislative
When the legislative branch makes laws they have to go through Congress first. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws [image] |
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#13. Limited power
The U.S. Congress decides on giving each branch of government limited power. |
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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
Examples of monarchs are queens, kings, princes, and princesses. |
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| A government ruled by a king or queen [image] |
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#15. Oligarchy
In an oligarchy mostly people of high nobility run the country. |
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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
In popular sovereignty everyone in the nation has a say in government. |
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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 [image] |
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#17. Preamble
The premable is the second part of the Declaration of Independence. |
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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
Congress has to ratify a bill to pass it. |
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| to make a written agreement official by signing it [image] |
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#19. Republic
In a republican government or party citizens elect representatives to represent their ideas and such. |
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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
There are three branches of government due to the separation of powers. |
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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
Dictators rule alongside tyranny. |
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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
The Bill of Rights is written to explain our rights in this nation. |
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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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