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History
7th Grade
01/24/2011

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Term
Constitution
Definition
A document stating the rules under which a government will operate
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Bill of Rights
Definition
An agreement stating rights of the INDIVIDUAL to prevent governemnt abuses; VIRGINIA was first to have one.
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Legislative branch
Definition
Passes laws
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Executive branch
Definition
Carries out the laws
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Judicial branch
Definition
Interprets the laws; system of courts (judges)
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Compromise
Definition
An agreement where each side gives up part of what they want
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Republic
Definition
Voters chooose representatives to govern them; government protects states from foreign invasion and from domestic (internal) disorder
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Federalism
Definition
Sharing of power between the states and National governments
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Separation of powers
Definition
System of government in which power is divided among 3 branches
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Bill
Definition
Proposal for a new law
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Checks and balances
Definition
Each branch of government has the power Each branch of government has the power Each branch has the power to check or limit the actions of the other two.
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Amend (amendment)
Definition
Changing the Constitution
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Appeal
Definition
Ask that a decision be reviewed by a higher court
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Censorship
Definition
Power to review, change or prevent the publication of news (John Peter Zenger)
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Citizen
Definition
Person entitled to all the rights & privileges of a particular nation
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Dictatorship
Definition
A government in which one person or small group holds complete authority
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Habeas corpus
Definition
No person may be held in prison without being charged with a crime
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Interest group
Definition
An organiztion that represents the concerns of a particular group
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Jurisdiction
Definition
Power to hear and decide cases
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Libel (lie)
Definition
Publishing false/malicious information damaging a person's reputation
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Limited government
Definition
Government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it
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Naturalization
Definition
Official, legal process of becoming a citizen
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Overrude
Definition
Pass a law despite the fact that the President has vetoed it
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Popular (people) sovereignity (rule)
Definition
People are the primary source of the government's authority
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Ratify
Definition
Approve
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Unconstitutional
Definition
Not allowed under the constitution
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Veto
Definition
Reject
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