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Government Terms
TAKS Obj 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Representative Government | Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf |
| Amendments | An official change to a law or document of government |
| Ratify | To officially approve |
| Veto | Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress |
| Unconstitutional | Actions or laws contrary to the Consititution as determined by the courts |
| Nullify | To declare something to be without power or effect; to deregard the power of something as in the Nullification Crisis |
| Unalienable Rights | Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered |
| Democracy | Form of government in which citizens rule, either directly or by choosing leaders to rule, usually through voting |
| Limited Governments | Type of government where, through law, some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy |
| Unlimited Government | Government in which leaders rule without any restrictions such as a dictatorship or other totalitarian government |
| Suffrage | The right to vote and the exercise of that right |
| Landmark Case | Key decisions by the courts that interpret the law such as Brown vs. Board of Education which led to integrationg or Marbury vs. Madison which led to judicial review |
| Parliament | The law-making assembly in Great Britian and other parliamentary democracies |
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