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Vocabulary
Governments
Creating the Gov
Random Civics
100
Declared independence from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
Government gets power from the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
100
Ruled by a King or a Queen
What is a Monarchy
100
Wanted a strong central government
What is Federalists
100
Going through the legal process to become a citizen
What is a Naturalized Citizen
200
The first government of the United States
What is The Articles of Confederation
200
The Government is not all powerful
What is limited government
200
Controls the Economy
What is Communism
200
Voting approval of
What is Ratification
200
Making a change to the Constitution
What is an Amendment
300
Written to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide defense, promote the general welfare and secure liberty
What is The Constitution
300
Divides the government into three branches. Legislative, executive, Judicial
What is Separation of powers
300
A system in which government controls people’s lives
What is Totalitarian
300
Thought the Constitution was too powerful and wanted a bill of rights
What is Anti-Federalists
300
A person bon on U.S. soil or to U.S. parents
What is a Natural Born Citizen
400
Written by the Pilgrims as a way of self-government and set up a direct democracy.
What is the Mayflower Compact
400
Makes sure no one branch becomes too powerful
What is checks and balances
400
Strong central government, power divided between national and state governments
What is Federal
400
This government couldn’t levy taxes, coin money, or raise a national military
What is The Articles of Confederation
400
Enlightenment thinker who supported natural rights and popular sovereignty
Who is John Locke
500
Started the idea of limited government, gave basic rights to people, and expresses the idea of the rule of law
What is The Magna Carta
500
The system in which power is divided between federal and state governments
What is Federalism
500
Weak central government and loose association of states
What is Confederal
500
Wrote Common Sense which gave reasons for independence
Who is Thomas Paine
500
Number of States needed to ratify an amendment to the Constitution
What is 38
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