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| 1. Amendment, The first amendment deals with the freedom of speech. |
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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 has had power given to the rich therefore hereditary ruling class. |
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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, Branches of government are given certain types of powers through checks and balances. |
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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, Many people believe that constitutionalism is the right way a government should be. |
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| the belief that a government should be based on a constitution [image] |
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| 5. Democracy, In the year 507 B.C. democracy was created. |
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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, Direct democracy lets the people vote with their own voice. |
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| A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives [image] |
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| 7. Executive, The president and vice president both 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, In the year 1789 federalism started. |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government [image] |
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| 9. Indirect Democracy, Indirect democracy is made through individual people picking someone to make laws. |
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| Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives. [image] |
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| 10. Judicial, People usually get threatened when they are apart of the judicial government. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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| 11. Judicial Review, The supreme court uses judicial review to review laws passed by congress. |
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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 senate is apart of the legislative branch. |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws [image] |
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| 13. Limited Power, A persons background can be affect if they have limited power or not. |
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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, Queen Elizabeth II is part of a monarchy. |
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| A government ruled by a king or queen [image] |
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| 15. Oligarchy, China and North Korea are examples of an oligarchy. |
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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, Popular sovereignty id weighted more on the people than the governed. |
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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 constitution's preamble shows the principles of the rights summarized. |
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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, The constitution had to have gotten ratified. |
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| to make a written agreement official by signing it [image] |
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| 19. Republic, When the state is ruled by representatives than it's a republic. |
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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, The 5 branches gets an equal amount of power through the separation of power. |
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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, If people are afraid of the government that could be a case of 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 U.S. Bill of rights were ratified on December 15, 1791. |
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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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