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Cards In This Set
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Democracy
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Is government in which the people have power to make political decisions.
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Checks and Balances
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Is a system that lets each branch of government limit the power of the other two.
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Veto
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To reject laws made by government.
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Unconstitutional
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Does not follow the rules laid out by the constitution.
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Amendment
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A change to the constitution.
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Constitution
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A written plan for government.
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Citizen
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An official member of a city, state or nation.
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Territory
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Land ruled by a national government but which has no representatives in that government.
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Ordinance
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A law.
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Federal
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A system of government in which the states share power with a central government.
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Republic
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A government in which the citizens elect leaders to represent them.
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Compromise
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Both sides give up something they want to settle a dissagreement.
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Ratify
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To offically accept.
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