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| government subject to the will of the people; before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there |
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| political system in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
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| government principal in which power is divided among different branches |
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| a branch of government that makes the nation's laws |
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| branch of government that implements and enforces laws |
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| branch of government that interprets laws and renders judgment in cases involving those laws |
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| the system in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches to prevent any from becoming too powerful |
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| power of the chief executive to reject laws passed by the legislature |
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| to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
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| a change to the Constitution |
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| a supporter of the Constitution |
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| an opponent of the Constitution |
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