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| 1. Amendment The amendment was adopted four days later after it's first proposal. |
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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 Britian has used aristrocracy to rule. |
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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 All branch's checks and balances, limited and equalized. |
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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 America is considered a constitutionalism country. |
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| the belief that a government should be based on a constitution [image] |
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| 5. Democracy America is also a democracy. |
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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 Ancient greek was once a direct democracy, doing what the citizens wanted. |
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| form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives [image] |
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| 7. Executive The president is in 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 US, federal government officials share power. |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government [image] |
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| 9. Indirect Democracy The U.S is an indirect democracy. |
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| Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives. [image] |
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| 10. Judicial The U.S is a judicial country. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions [image] |
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| 11. Judicial review The branches of government are judicial reviewed for having equal amount of power. |
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| power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government [image] |
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| 12. Legislative Legislative congress and the people who pass laws are in 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 The president of United States has limited power over the states. |
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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 Britian was once a Monarchy. |
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| A government ruled by a king or queen [image] |
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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 Popularity sovereignty is used by the US because the get to elect their leaders. |
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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) [image] |
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| 17. Preamble The preamble is the purpose or main point of the constitution. |
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| a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about [image] The preamble is the purpose or main point of the constitution. |
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| 18. Ratify They needed the states radification in order to ake the proposal happen. |
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| to make a written agreement official by signing it [image] |
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| 19. Republic The U.S is a republic nation. |
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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 seperation of powers is what makes our government. |
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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 The king of Britian was a tyranny to those who were loyal to him. |
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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 is what make our country free. |
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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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