55666155 | Representative government | Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf | 0 | |
55666156 | Amendments | An official change to a law or document of gov't | 1 | |
55666157 | Ratify | To officially approve | 2 | |
55666158 | Veto | Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress | 3 | |
55666159 | Unconstitutional | Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts | 4 | |
55666160 | Nullify | To declare something to be w/o power or effect; to disregard the power of something as in the Nullification Crisis | 5 | |
55666161 | Citizens | Member of a country | 6 | |
55666162 | Unalienable Rights | Rights that can't be taken away or surrendered | 7 | |
55666163 | Democracy (democratic society) | Form of government in which citizens rule, either directly or by choosing leaders to rule, usually through voting | 8 | |
55666164 | Limited Government | Type of gov't where, through law, some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy | 9 | |
55666165 | Unlimited Government | Government in which leaders rule w/o any restrictions such as a dictatorship or other totalitarian government | 10 | |
55666166 | Suffrage | The right to vote and the exercise of that right | 11 | |
55666167 | Landmark Case | Key decisions by the courts that interpret the law such as Brown vs. Board of Education which led to the integration or Marbury vs. Madison which led to judicial review | 12 | |
55666168 | Parliament | The law-making assembly in Great Britain (England) and other parliamentary democracies | 13 |
TAKS Vocab and Context Review- Government Terms Flashcards
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