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Summer Government
Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Social Contract Theory | Giving up freedoms for protection. (John Locke) |
| Checks and Balances | A system which balances the power between different branches so that no one part becomes too powerful. |
| Seperation of Powers | the three branches legislative exectuative and judical branches |
| Federalism | strong national governmet with smaller weaker state governments. |
| Unitary Government | single orginization controls entire state |
| Democracy | power rests with the people |
| Republic | Power given to representatives to choose what is best for the people |
| rider | a clause added to an already established law in order to allow it to pass more quickly |
| veto | the denial of a bill in its last step to becoming a law. |
| Amendment | the change or addition to the constitution or a change in a bill in order for it to become a law |
| bicameral | having two houses or legislative bodies. |
| Speaker of the House | the leader of the house of representatives. He or she is chosen by the majority party. |
| Impeach | it is the sole power of the house to impeach or accuse the offical of a crime. |
| Appeal | to feel that your rights have been violated and to ask to go to a higher court in attempt to get a retrial. |
| Jurisdiction | the right to hear a case |
| subpoena | a summoning to court |
| indictment | formal accusation made by a grand jury |
| Grand Jury | 12-24 to decide if there is enough evidence in order to have a trial |
| Quorum | the required number of people in order to conduct business |
| Implied Power | the power given to offical based off of expressed powers |
| Expressed powers | powers that are explicetly given by the constution to specific branches or officals. |