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constitution voca-CC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a government in which the people rule | popular sovereignty |
| the division of basic government roles onto branches | separation of government |
| a persons liberties and privleges | individual rights |
| the people exercise their power by voting for political representatives | republicanism |
| every branch can exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches | checks and balances |
| the introduction to the constitution | Preamble |
| In American government everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law. Individuals or groups cannot twist or bypass the law to serve their own intresests | limitied government |
| a system of government in which power us divided brtween a central government and smaller political units, such as states. | Federalism |