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ALB-CivicsVocab1-2
Civics Vocabulary 1-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nationalism | loyalty to one's country |
| Boston Massacre | Violent confrontation between British troops and colonists. First bloodshed in America. |
| Land Ordinance 1785 | Laws that provided for the surveying and settling of what were then America's western lands |
| Boston Tea Party | Protest by the Sons of Liberty against the British imposed Tea Tax |
| Salutary Neglect | Period of British policy toward the colonies where England preoccupied themselves with other matters |
| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise | Compromises made during the Constitutional Convention stating that Congress could not tax imports, nor interfere with the slave trade for a specific number of years |
| Absolute Monarch | Government in which the king or queen has unlimited power |
| Dictator | a person who rules with complete and absolute power |
| Totalitarian | the government has control of nearly all aspects of peoples' lives |
| Constitutional Monarchy | government in which a king or queen has power that is limited by the legislature, its constitution, and laws |
| Parliamentary System | system of government in which both executive and legislative functions reside in an elected assembly |
| Human Rights | the basic rights to which all people are entitled as human beings |
| Monarchy | king or queen |
| Democracy | a form of government in which the people of a country either rule directly or through elected representatives |
| Direct Democracy | a form of government in which all the people meet together at one place to make laws and decide what actions to take |
| Representative Democracy | a form of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them |
| Constitution | a written plan of government |
| Majority Rule | a system in which the decision of more than half the people is accepted by all |
| Delegated Powers | powers given to the federal government by the Constitution |
| Repeal | cancel |
| Self-incrimation | testifying against oneself |
| Constitutional Convention | meeting of delegates who wrote the United States Constitution |
| Ratification (ratify) | Approval by a formal vote |
| Preamble | the beginning of the U.S. Constitution, which describes its purposes |
| Article I | outlines the powers and duties of the legislative branch of government |
| Article II | outlines the power and duties of the executive branch of government |
| Article III | part of the U.S. Constitution that sets up the judicial branch |
| Popular Sovereignty | belief that government authority comes from the people |
| Rule of Law | basic principle of republicanism that says every member of society must follows the same laws |
| Expressed Powers | powers written in the U.S. Constitution and given to the federal government |
| Reserved Powers | powers given to state governments |
| Concurrent Powers | powers shared by state and national governments |
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