GOVERNMENT FLASHCARD/VOCAB

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This amendment allows freedom of different types of communication (RAPPS)

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1st

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This 9 letter word means that we have 2 houses of Congress/Legislature

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bicameral

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Our main government in Washington DC can be called federal, national or even the ------- government

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central

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This group of men wrote a series of arguments that the Constitution was enough, we did not need a Bill of Rights AND that the government should be strong and stable.

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federalists

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This is a law regarding land use...

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Ordinance

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This law regarding land use helped create an orderly expansion of the territory America received in the Treaty of Paris

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northwest ordinance

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A guiding idea for how our government should be run is a...

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principle

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What right does the 4th amendment cover?

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search & seizure

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This principle of government means the PEOPLE RULE...and they do so by VOTING

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popular sovereignty

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This principle of government is influenced by the Magna Carta (1215) and means no one is above the law

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limited government