Foundations of Government Vocabulary

A group of people living together in a community and who have shared customs, laws, & institutions.

• Republic

• Majority Rule

• Society

• Amendments

Do you remember what the _____ ____ of the story is?

This is word is used when making a change to the constitution

• Amendment

• Ratify

• Different

• Proposal

The principle that guarantees that people have the right to a fair trail.

• 5th Amendment

• Majority Rule

• Main Idea

• Due Process of Law

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• Details
• Amendments
• answers
• questions
• notes
• options

A form of government in which public elect representatives to run the government.

• Republic

• Preamble

• Society

• Details

A system of government in which people make their own laws.

• Monarchy

• Dictator

• Self-government

• Federal System

The political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make decisions for the whole group.

• Republic

• Due Process

• Preamble

• Majority Rule

An introduction or the firs part

• Preamble

• Main Idea

• Detail

• Beginning

A system of government in which the power to govern is shared by the national and state government.

• Society

• Republic

• Majority Rule

• Federal System