Foundations vocabulary review

amendments

• referring government of the entire United States

• the process of giving legal or official approval to something

• a document drafted in Virginia in 1776 to proclaim the rights of men, written

        by George Mason

• a change in wording or meaning especially in a law or an addition to the Constitution

referring government of the entire United States

• national/federal/central government

• ratification

• amendments

• VA Declaration of Rights

written in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson proclaiming religious freedom in the state of Virginia

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Bill of Rights
• The Constitution of the United States

The people participate in the making of laws

• Direct Democracy

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

• Revise

the system that gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other two

• Direct Democracy

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

• Revise

to look over again in order to correct or improve

• Direct Democracy

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

• Revise

hereditary rule (passed down through family)

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Limited government

• Federalism

in a democratic system of government the people rule

 

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Limited government

• Federalism

government is not all-powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Limited government

• Federalism

the division of power between the states and the federal or national government

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Limited government

• Federalism