1. Amendment

Freedom of Speech is the first amendment.

change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or a document, or the process of doing this

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2. Aristocracy

England have a aristocracy.

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditarty ruling class or nobilty

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3. Checks and balances

Checks and balances is to make sure one branch does not become more powerful than another.

form Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power

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4. Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism is believed to be the best for government.

the belief that a government should be based on a constitution

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5.Democracy

Democarcy is when everybody can vote if you are a citizen.

a system of government in which every citizen can vote to elect its government

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6. Direct Democracy

Direct Democracy is when citizens control.

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

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7. Executive

Executive the top the person who makes sure is everything is okay.

the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well

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8. Federalism

belief in or support for a federal system of government

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9. Indirect Democracy

Indirect Democracy is when people vote for representatives.

Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives.

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10. Judicial

Courts are a part of the Judicial branch.

relationg to the law, judges, or their decisions

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11. Judicial review

The supreme court has control over the judicial review.

power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government

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12. Legislative

Congress and House of Representatives are part of the legislative.

an institution that has the power to make or change laws

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13. Limited power

Constitutional monarchy has limited power.

a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by the law

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14. Monarchy

England is under monarchy becuse they ruled by a king/queen.

ruled by a king or queen

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15. Oligarchy

Oligarchy is found in China and North Korea.

a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people

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16. Popular Sovereignty

Popular Sovereignty is the poeple ruling that have the authority from the government.

basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the resource of any and all governmental power, and government can exsist only with the consent of the goverened (p 70)

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17. Preamble

Preamble is like an introduction it is in the begining of something.

a statement at the begining of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about

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18. Ratify

The president ratifys our laws.

to make a written agreement official by signing it

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19. Republic

The people are vote for a represent them in a republic democracy.

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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20. Seperation of Powers

Seperation of powers is split into three branches.

divisions of governmental authority among the three branches of government: excutive, legislative, judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting the presidency, the Congress, and the courts

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21. Tyranny

Hitler gave tryanny to the poeple he governed.

cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government

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22. U.S. Bill of Rights

The U.S. Bill of Rights are in the contsituion.

a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constituion

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