Government overview
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| Veto | The right or power of a president (or governor) to reject a bill that has been passed to prevent it from becoming a law.
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| Suffrage | The right to vote.
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| Inauguration | The ceremony of swearing in a public official.
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| Chief Justice | The lead judge of the Supreme Court.
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| Cabinet | A committee of advisors responsible for helping the president create government policy.
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| Bill | A written plan for a new law that will be debated in Congress.
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| Primary | An election to choose the candidate who will represent a political party to run in the general election.
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| Judicial Branch | The Judicial Branch interprets the laws. The Judicial Branch includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
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| Executive Branch | The Executive Branch enforces laws. The Executive Branch includes the president, vice president, and federal agencies.
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| Legislative Branch | The Legislative Branch creates laws. The House of Representatives and the Senate make up the Legislative Branch.
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| Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments made to the Constitution of the United States.
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| Ratify | To accept or officially approve.
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| Amendment | A change that is made to a legal document or law.
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| Constitution | The system of fundamental principles according to which a nation or state is governed. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and the source of government powers.
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| Federalism | A system of government in which the national and state governments share power over the people.
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| Communism | An authoritarian form of government in which individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. The state owns these things instead.
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| Dictatorship | An authoritarian form of government in which a leader has full authority over the decisions made by the government.
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| Republic | A form of government in which citizens elect other people to represent them in the government's decision-making.
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| Monarchy | A form of government with a king or queen as the head of government.
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| Democracy | government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
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| Government | The form or system of rule by which a community, city, state, or country is governed.
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