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Congress

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the national legislative body of the U.S.

Question 2

Executive Branch

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the part of the government that has its authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state

Question 3

Judicial Branch

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Judiciary is made up of courts – Supreme, Circuit, the magistrate (local) and municipal (city) courts. The Judicial branch interprets the laws. The state judges are elected by the citizens rather than being appointed.

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President

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the elected head of a republican state

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Vice-President

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the plan b presedent

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census

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an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals

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Supreme Court

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the highest judicial court in a country or state

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House of Representatives

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The lower house of the United States Congress. With 435 popularly elected officials, the House is the most representative body in the federal government. House seats are apportioned relative to each state’s population.

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Senate

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the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress

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liberalism

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Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality

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conservatism

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A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change

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checks and balances

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hecks and balances is used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch

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democracy

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A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives

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politics

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the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power

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Republican

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is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States

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Democrat

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he Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party to its right.

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election

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a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body

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voting rights

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Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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Electoral College

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Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

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Constitution

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a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed

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constitutional

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of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state

Question 22

veto

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a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body