Social Studies Government Vocab
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14 Terms
Representative Democracy
The people vote for leaders who then vote on their behalf
Ratify
To approve
Constitution
Set of rules/laws for a country
Judicial
The branch that includes the Supreme Court
Judicial Review
The Supreme Court decides if actions are in line with the Constitution
Limited Government
This states that all leaders have to obey the laws
Amendment
An official change to the Constitution
confederation
organization made up of groups of people who agree to be allies
popular sovereignty
power belongs to the people
veto
to reject
impeach
bring charges against a federal employee
executive
the branch the president is in
legislative
senators and representatives make the laws
checks and balances
the principle keeps one branch from becoming too powerful
