Our Great Government Word Scramble

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

Created by: R Gonzales