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gov. vocab.
social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| granted to all citizens by the constitution | right |
| member of a country | citizen |
| not to ruled by a country or a person | freedom |
| written plan of gov. for the nation | u.s. constitution |
| a change ,or addition,to contitution | amendment |
| gov. that is run by people | democracy |
| refers to national gov. | fedaral |
| gov. in which the people elect rep. to make laws and run gov. | republic |
| a proposed law | bill |
| first ten amements to the contitution | bill of rights |
| to perment each branch to check (restrain)the action of the others | checks and balences |
| resonsible for assuring that the nation laws are faithfully executed | executive branch |
| one of two law-making bodies in congress;based on population | house of rep. |
| reponsibil for interpritingthe constitution | judical branch |
| law making branch of gov. | legistative branch |
| one of two law making bodies in congress,2 per state | senate |
| refusal by the pres. to sign a bill | veto |
| declare war | congress |
| send troops home | pres. |
| coin money | legistative |
| commander in cheif | pres. |
| charge of postal service | legistative |