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1.Amendment
Change that is made to a law. |
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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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2.Aristocracy
Power is inherited |
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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 Balance
Makes sure that there is stability and someone doesn't have 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 [image] |
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4.Constitutionalism
Government should be on the constitution |
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| the belief that a government should be based on a constitution[image] |
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5.Democracy
Every citizen elects their representatives |
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| a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government [image]officials[image] |
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6.Direct Democracy
Every citizen can speak freely there are no representatives |
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| A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives[image] |
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7.Executive
Make sure that all the laws work |
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| the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government[image] |
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9. Indirect Democracy
curtain representatives represent the citizens |
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| Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives.[image] |
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10.Judicial
The laws or the judges decisions |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions[image] |
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11.Judicial Review
The power of the judge to decide for government |
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| power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government[image] |
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12.Legislative
Have the right to change laws |
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| an institution that has the power to make or change laws[image] |
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13.Limited Power
Limited amount of 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
ruled by king/queen |
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| A government ruled by a king or queen[image] |
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15.Oligarchy
Country run by small groups |
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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 people have the the power |
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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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| a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about[image] |
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18.Ratify
Signing it ti make it official |
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| to make a written agreement official by signing it[image] |
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19.Republic
the power is in the citizens not the ones who were elected |
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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 power
3 different types of government (Branches) |
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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
Unfair government |
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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
Rights that citizen have |
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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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