Civics Ch. 2 America's Political Heritage

Approval of an amendment to the constitution

• compact

• legislative

• charter

• ratification

Abuse of power

• heratage

• tyranny

• separation of powers

• charter

dividing government power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches

• direct democracy

• separation of powers

• republic

• legislative

the traditions passed down from generation to generation

• Heritage

• natural rights

• charter

• tyranny

a written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of the group

• Charter

• Compact

• ratification

• legislative

A group of people chosen to make laws

• republic

• direct democracy

• tyranny

• legislative

a government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws

• republic

• legislative

• direct democracy

• natural rights

rights that people are born with that no government can take away

• separation of powers

• tyranny

• heritage

• natural rights

a document giving permission to create a government

• compact

• charter

• republic

• legislative

a form of government in which laws are made directly by citizens

• republic

• legislative

• tyranny

• direct democracy