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| a source that can be reasonably trusted to be accurate and objective |
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| "Public records" refer to county, state or federal materials that are typically view able by the public. |
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| examine and record the area and features of (an area of land) so as to construct a map, plan, or description. |
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| An advocacy group is an organization that attempts to influence public policy without putting up candidates for election (as political parties do). |
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Where each side gives up something to get Compromise
along or agree |
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Where each side gives up something to get Compromise
along or agree |
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| A process in which a dispute or conflict involving several parties is resolved |
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| Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement |
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| A federal republic is a type of government made up of smaller areas such as states or provinces where the central government cedes certain powers to the individual areas for self-government purposes. The citizens of the federal republic elect their own representatives to lead them. |
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| Limited government is a principle of classical liberalism, free market libertarian-ism, and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States. A constitutionally limited government is a system of government that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution. |
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| The system of checks and balances is used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch. For example, the Executive Branch can veto bills from the Legislative Branch, but the Legislative Branch can override the veto. |
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| Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people's rule, is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power. |
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