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A system in which each branch of government checks or controls the actions of the other branches
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Checks and balances
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A division of power between the states and the national government
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Federalism
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The principal by which the powers of the government are divided among separate branches
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Separation of powers
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The idea that the people hold the final authority in government, allowing each territory to decide whether to allow slavery
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Popular sovereignty
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No representatives; the people meet in one place to make the laws
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Direct democracy
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Representatives; impossible for everyone to meet in one place to make the laws and other decisions for them
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Indirect democracy
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Supporters of the constitution
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Federalists
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People who oppose the constitution
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Anti-Federalists
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