Warren EOC Vocabulary Practice #9

the work of keeping good relations between the governments of different countries

• draftee

• diplomacy

• foreign policy

• federalism

the freedom for citizens to engage in any nonviolent, legal means of encouraging or criticizing government action; guaranteed in the First Amendment

• petition the government

• freedom of speech

• plead the fifth amendment

• freedom to assemble

a form of government in which a small group (often wealthy people) has total control and power

• limited monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• direct democracy

whatever an individual defines as making them happy

• civil rights

• pursuit of happiness

• natural rights

• freedom

the process by which police or other authorities who suspect that a crime has been committed do a search of a person's property and collect evidence related to the crime; this protection is found in the Fourth Amendment

• quartering soldiers

• search and seizure

• jury duty

• Miranda Rights

laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• criminal law

• statutory law

• constitutional law

• military law

the right to vote

• voting rights

• obligation

• duty

• suffrage

the larger of two sections of a bicameral legislature or parliament, typically with elected members and having the primary responsibility for legislation

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

the smaller house in a bicameral legislature or parliament.

• House of Representatives

• Judiciary

• Senate

• Cabinet

a political system consisting primarily of two major parties, more or less equal in strength

• two-thirds of legislature

• bicameral

• two-party system

• House and Senate