The house of representitives placed amendents to the new laws.
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change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or document, or the process of doing this
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2. Aristocracy
The aristocracy people ruled the country for years.
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A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility
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Checks and balances
Barack Obama checked and ballanced the embasadors money to pay others.
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from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power
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Constitutionalism
The constitution was broken by a president several decades ago.
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the belief that a government should be based on a constitution
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Democracy
The democracy of the peoples votes was really tigh on the decisions.
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a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials
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Direct democracy
People here which are the citezens have direct democracy to vote for any represenetives they would like to
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A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
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Executive
The executive director of the U.S. was asuring that the laws were well set.
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the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well
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Federalism
Obamas Federalism to the U.S. was absolut victory in the last 4 years
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belief in or support for a federal system of government
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Indirect Democracy
Donald Trump was in an inderect democracy because he was representing republicans.
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Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives.
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Judicial
The juicial was permitting and establishing the law of adding more tax on items
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relating to the law, judges, or their decisions
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Judicial review
billie's buisness had to go through judicial review in order to open.
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power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government
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Legislative
The legeslative constitution changed the smoking tabaco law.
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an institution that has the power to make or change laws
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Limited power
The poeple have limited power to go places in north korea.
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type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law
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Monarchy
Queen elizabeths monarchy was held for a long time.
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A government ruled by a king or queen
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Oligarchy
The oligarchy of kim jung uns's religioun is unstoppable.
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a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people
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Popular Sovereignty
The peoples Popular sovereignty commaned for the new lw to not be stood.
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basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed (p 70)
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Preamble
The preamble of the movie was so good
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a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about
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Ratify
The poelle ratified for the peacefull enviornment
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to make a written agreement official by signing it
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Republic
The republic was not aware of the situation that was going on.
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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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Separation of powers
The separation of powers umong the goverment was lead to death.
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division of governmental authority among the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting the presidency, the Congress, and the courts
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Tyranny
The slaves in africa were filled with tyranny.
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cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government
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U.S Bill Of Rights
The U.S. bill of rights is considered to be one of the most precious papers in U.S. huistory
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a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constitution
