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| democracy | a gov in which the people have the power to make politishal desitions |
| checks and balences | a system that lets each branch limit the power of the other 2 |
| veto | to reject laws made by congrss |
| amendment | a change to the constitution |
| minicipal | of or relating to a city or town or its governing body. |
| unconstitutional | not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution, or with procedural rules. |
| federal | denoting the central government of the US. |
| peamble | introduction. |
| ratify | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. |
| article of confederation | An agreement among the thirteen original states, approved in 1781, that provided a loose federal government before the present Constitution went into effect in 1789. |