Sentence: The second amendment of the U.S. Constitution allows for American citizens to use and keep firearms to protect their own lives, the lives of others, property, and defend against a tyrannical government.
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Definition: (any) change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this.[image]
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Term: Aristocracy
Sentence: Spain is an example of an aristocratic country.
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[image]Definition: A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility.
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Term: Checks and Balances
Sentence: Checks and balances ensure that none of the three branches (executive, legislative, judicial)acquire too much power.
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Definition: 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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Term: Constitutionalism
Sentence: Constitutionalism limits govenment power. The government must abide by the rules of the Constitution.
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Definition: The belief that a government should be based on a constitution
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Term: Democracy
Sentence: A government system in which the people can vote for their goverment's representatives
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Definition: a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials
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Term: Direct Democracy
Sentence: The country of Switzerland government is a direct democracy.
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Definition:
A form of government in which citizens rule directly
and not through representatives.
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Term: Executive
Sentence: The Executive branch is is responsible for making laws official. The president is head of the executive branch.
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Definition:
the part of government that makes
sure decisions and laws work well
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Term: Federalism
Sentence: Federalism is the idea of having support for the federal system.
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Definition: belief in or support for a federal system of government
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Term: Indirect Democracy
Sentence: In an indirect democracy, individuals elect representatives to create rules.
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Definition: Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives.
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Term: Judicial
Sentence: Having to do with judges, courts, laws, etc.
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Term: Judicial Review
Sentence: Judicial review involves the decisions of courts.
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Definition: power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government
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Term: Legislative
Sentence: Relating to the legislature. Having the power to make laws.
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Definition:an institution that has the power to make or change laws
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Term: Limited Power
Sentence: Within a constitutional monarchy governmental system, the individual who is ruling has limited power.
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Definition: a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law
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Term: Monarchy
Sentence: A government system run by a king, queen, prince, etc.
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Definition: A government ruled by a king or queen
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Term: Oligarchy
Sentence: An Oligarchy involves a small group of individuals who rule a country.
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Definition: 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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Term: Popular Sovereignty
Sentence: The people are the government's source of power. without the people, there is no government.
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Definition: 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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Term: Preamble
Sentence: The preamble in the US Constitutions acts sort of like a short summary.
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Definition:
a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or
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Term: Ratify
Sentence: To validate a document by signing it.
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Definition: to make a written agreement official by signing it
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Term: Republic
Sentence: Our government system is a republic.
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Definition: 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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Term: Separation of Powers
Sentence: The separation of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
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Definition: 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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Term: Tyranny
Sentence: Unjust actions enacted by a corrupt government unto its people.
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Definition: cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government
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Term: US Bill of Rights
Sentence: The US Bill of rights grants us American citizens a multitude of rights that we enjoy today. They include, but are not limited to; freedom of speech,the right to bear arms, the right to protect property against unreasonable searches unless the one searching has probable cause, etc.
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Definition:
A written statement of the most important rights of the citizens
