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| A document giving permission to create a government |
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| Laws that are made directly by the citizens. |
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| A government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws. |
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| Traditions passed down from generation to generation |
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| A written plan of government |
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| Dividing government power among branches |
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| A written agreement to make and obey laws. |
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| To accuse the Presedent of wrongdoing. |
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| A group of people chosen to make laws. |
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Abuse of power...
*cough Sarah Palin cough* |
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| When power is divided between the state and federal government |
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| Powers that are shared by federal and state governments |
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| Rights that people are naturally born with that the government can't take away. |
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| When the President rejects bills proposed to him/her. |
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| Changes to the Constitution |
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| Powers that are neither goven to Congress nor the states. |
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| When each branch of Government 'checks' on one another. |
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| To accuse the Presedent of wrongdoing. |
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