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Bill of Rights
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The first 10 amendments to the constitution.
~It guarentees specific rights and liberties and was viewed as as significant constraint on the national government's encroachment on those liberties. |
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Checks and Balances
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A governmental structure that gives different branches or levels of government some degree of oversight and control over the actions of the others so that no governmental institution exercises a monopoly of power.
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Conservative
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One who wishes to preserve what is thought to be best in established society or appeals for a return to a percieved past ideal; in the United States, a proponent of limited government, individual rights, and private property.
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Constitution
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The set of fundamental rules and law of a nation that form the framework of the relationship between government and the people.
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Constitutionalism
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A belief in written cinstitution as the fundamental law and sacred text of people.
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Democracy
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A system of government that gives power and political authority to the people under a system of majority rule.
Democracy is greek for "rule by the people" |
