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Written plan of government produced by the Pilgrims before setting on shore in the Plymouth colony.
The Mayflower Compact
System of government, supported by the people, where all laws must follow a written constitution.
Constitutional Republic
Money taken from property owners by local government (based on the value of their property) to pay for such things as public schools.
Property Taxes
Symbol used the Republican party.
The Elephant
Action taken by a US president to block passage of a law proposed by congress.
Veto
Plan of government produced in England that limited the king's power.
The Magna Carta
System of government where majority rules.
Democracy (aka Pure Democracy)
Money taken by government from business owners according to the value of individual sales.
Sales Taxes
Symbol used bt the Democrat party.
The Donkey
Action taken by congress to pass a law despite a presidential veto.
Veto Override
Document produced in 1776 by colonial delegates in Philadelphia that formerly declared their independence from England.
Declaration of independence
System of government where private property is illegal, and all rights come from government.
Communism
Money taken by government from business owners according to the value of imported goods.
Excise Taxes
Money owed by the federal government due to borrowing money from US and foreign lenders.
The national debt
Phrase used to describe the Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
The American idea that our rights come from nature, and NOT given to us by government.
Natural Rights
System of government where government owns large portions of certain companies and charges high taxes to support social programs.
Socialism
Word meaning to "set free" as in the Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipate
A system of government ruled by a small group of people with absolute power.
Oligarchy
Form of government whose representatives and laws must be approved by a religious leader or council.
Theocracy
Document produced by Martin Luther King Jr. that said that it is OK to peacefully protest -- and even disobey -- an unjust law.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Money taken from a person's paycheck and to fund government activities.
Income Taxes
He was the first Republican to be elected president, led to North to victory int eh Civil War, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Form of government headed by a monarch whose powers are limited by a written constitution.
Constitutial Monarchy (aka Limited Monarchy)
Term from Greek meaning "the right to vote"
Suffrage