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US government Sem.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | governing body of a nation, state, or community |
| legislative | having the power to make laws |
| Executive | having the power to put plans,actions,or laws into effect |
| Judicial | of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge |
| Dictatorship | government by a dictator |
| Democracy | system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives |
| Autocracy | a system of government by one person with absolute power |
| Representative Government | voters elect people to act on their behalf to represent them |
| Limited Government | political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers |
| Magna Carta | A list of rights and privileges that King John of England signed under pressure from English noblemen in 1215 |
| Bicameral Legislature | one in which the legislators are divided into two separate assemblies, chambers or houses |
| Ratification | official way to confirm something, usually by vote |
| Framers | a person who shapes or creates a concept, plan, or system |
| Federalists | a supporter of federalism |
| Anti-Federalist | were a group of diverse individuals that formed to oppose the ratification of the new federal Constitution in 1787 |
| Check & Balances | whereby each branch of the government (executive, judicial, and legislative) has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches |
| Judicial Review | review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act |
| Bill of Rights | first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship |
| Public opinion | views prevalent among the general public |
| Mass Media | communication that reach large numbers of people in a short time, such as television, newspapers, magazines, and radio |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
| Bipartisan | involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies. |
| John Locke | philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience |
| Social Contract Theory | view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. |
| Republic | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected nominated president rather than a monarch. |
| Deceleration of Independence | fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776 |
| Popular Sovereignty | is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives |
| Concurrent Powers | powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the State and the federal government |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | gave a disproportionate representation of slave states in the House of Representatives relative to the voters in the North until the Civil War |
| Burequcracy | system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
| Unconstitutional | not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution |
| Expressed Powers | Article I, Section 8 of Constitution lists 27 expressed powers of Congress.Include power to declare war, levy taxes, regulate commerce and currency |
| Implied powers | powers exercised by Congress which are not explicitly given by the Constitution itself but necessary and proper to execute the powers which are |
| Inherent Powers | powers that Congress and the president need in order to get the job done right |
| Reserved Powers | political power reserved by a constitution to the exclusive jurisdiction of a specified political authority |
| Incumbent | necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility. |
| Electorate | all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election |
| Caucus | a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy |
| Mandate | an official order or commission to do something |
| Lobbying | seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue. |
| Natural Rights | basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality |
| Unalienable Rights | cannot be taken away or denied |
| Writ of Habeas Corpus | a writ that is used to bring a party who has been criminally convicted in state court into federal court |
| Articles of Confederation | the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789 |
| Supreme Law of the land | refers to the U.S. Constitution and any federal laws and treaties based upon it |
| 19th Amendment | guarantees all American women the right to vote |
| Dred Scott case | US Supreme Court decision in 1857 that a slave was not a citizen and could not begin a legal case against anyone. |
| 14th Amendment | addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves |
| Electoral college | a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. |
| Impeach | charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct. |
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