SS Vocab Review

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Branch of government that enforces the law?

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Executive

Front

First ten amendments to the Constitution are called...

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Bill of Rights

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Popular sovereignty:

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Political power belongs to the people.

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Branch of government that interprets the law?

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Judicial

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Form of government sharing power nationally?

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Federal System

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Articles of Confederation

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A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War

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Legislative branch function?

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the power to make laws

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Separation of power

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Division of power among the 3 branches of government

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Form of government where people elect representatives to make laws.

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republic

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Checks and balances:

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A system where each government branch limits the power of others to prevent any one from becoming too powerful.