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Amendment
The Constitution has 27 Amendments.
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change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this.
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Aristocracy
The high power nobels are called Aristocracy |
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A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility |
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Checks and balances
The checks and balances keep the goverment from getting too much power. |
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from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power.
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Constitutionalism
The goverment life lives by Constitutinalism. |
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the belief that a government should be based on a constitution |
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Democracy
The United is founded on democracy |
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a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials |
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Direct Democracy
The representatives though the country wasn't a direct democracy . |
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A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives |
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Executive
The republican party was an exectutive because of all the decision they made. |
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the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well |
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Federalism
The United states is based on federalism. |
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belief in or support for a federal system of government |
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Indirect Democracy
Indirect democracy is elected representatives |
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Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives. |
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Judicial
The court use Judicial to solve the case. |
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relating to the law, judges, or their decisions |
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Judicial review
The supreme court has a Judicial review . |
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power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government |
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Legislative
The goverment is Legislative |
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an institution that has the power to make or change laws. |
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Limited power
The ambassadors have limted power. |
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a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law. |
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Monarchy
England is based on Monarchy. |
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[image]A government ruled by a king or queen |
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Oligarchy
The small group were Oligarchy on their 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 |
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Popular Sovereignty
Popular sovereinty has to with people finding the sources . |
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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) |
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Preamble
The U.S Constitution is Preamble. |
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a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about |
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Ratify
The soldier ratify his papers.
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to make a written agreement official by signing it |
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Republic
The sand diego mayor is a par of the 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 |
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Separation of powers
Leslative , Executive and Judicial branch are part of the separation 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 |
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Tyranny
The mexiacan goverment is being Tyranny right know with the gas. |
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cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government |
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U.S. Bill of Rights
The U.S. Bill of Rights cover the most important rights for citizens. |
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a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constitution |
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