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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a system of gov. in which voters elect reps. to make laws for them?
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Representative Government.
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A ____ is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.
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Republic
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The ____ ___ ______ was the first representative assembly in the new world.
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House of Burgesses
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The ___ ___ ___ _________ are the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive Branch.
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Three Branches of Government
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What is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the fed. government has the power to check the actions of other branches.
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Checks and Balances
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What is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal gov. regulation?
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Free Enterprise
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What is the sharing of power between the states and their national governments?
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Separation of Powers
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What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether of not to allow slavery?
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Popular Sovereignty
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Means to change
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Amend
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What are rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are some of these?
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Unalienable Right
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What is a cruel and unjust government?
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Tyranny
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A ____ is a from of government that is run for and by the people, giving people supreme power
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Democracy
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What means to approve by vote?
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Ratify
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What is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passed by congress and determine whether they are constitutional or not?
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Judicial Review
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What is the refusal to obey a government law as a means of passive resistance because of one's moral conviction of belief?
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Civil Disobedience
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What are supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government?
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Federalists
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Who were people who opposed to the Constitution, preferring state gov.?
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Anti- Federalists
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What is the idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal?
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Nullification
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What are the original records of an event?
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Primary Sources
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Best car company?
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LEXUS!
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