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History
8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Term
Date Constitution was written -
Definition
1787
Term
Bill of Rights –
Definition
first 10 amendments to the Constitution to protect individual freedom
Term
Approval of Amendments –
Definition
¾ of state legislatures needed to ratify an amendment.
Term
Limited Government –
Definition
principle that government is limited in power
Term
Separation of Powers –
Definition
power of government is separated between the branches
Term
Executive Branch –
Definition
President who enforces the law
Term
Legislative Branch –
Definition
Congress who makes the law
Term
Judicial Branch –
Definition
Supreme Court who interprets the law
Term
Checks and Balances -
Definition
system where one branch watches over or checks the power of the others so no one branch is too
powerful
Term
Federalism –
Definition
system of power sharing between a federal government and state governments
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Popular Sovereignty –
Definition
the people rule
Term
Republicanism –
Definition
representative form of government where people are elected to do the work of government in our place
Term
Electoral College –
Definition
actually elects the President and Vice President
Term
Rule of Law –
Definition
nation and people are governed by a set of laws
Term
Suffrage –
Definition
the right to vote
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Majority Rules –
Definition
people vote and majority decision is followed by all
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