Civics vocabulary
Terms
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- veto
- reject
- Fourth Amendment
- protects people against unreasonable searches
- habeas corpus
- meaning no person may be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
- republic
- or a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives
- appeal
- ask that the decision be reviewed by a higher court
- libel
- the publication of false and malicious information that damages a persons reputation
- popular sovereignty
- asserts that people are the primary source of the government's authority
- separation of powers
- the idea that powers of government must be clearly defined and divided into legislature, executive, and judicial branches
- dissent
- disagreement
- interest group
- organization that represents the concerns of a particular nation
- override
- pass a law despite a president's veto
- federalism
- division of power between the federal government
- Tenth Amendment
- states or people have all powers not denied or given to federal government by the Constitution
- dictatorship
- a government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority
- censorship
- the power to review, change, or precent that publication of news
- Sixth Amendment
- right to trial by jury in criminal cases
- citizen
- someone who is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a particular nation
- Second Amendment
- right to bear arms
- naturalization
- the official legal process of becoming a citizen
- ratifying
- approving
- Third Amendment
- government cannot force people to quarter troops in their homes
- amending
- changing the Constitution
- limited government
- government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it
- repealed
- canceled
- private property
- or property owned by an individual
- First Amendment
- freedom of religion, speech, and the press
- bill
- proposal for a new law
- jurisdiction
- the power to hear and decide cases
- checks and balances
- each branch of government has the power to check, limit, the actions of the other two
- unconstitutional
- not allowed under the Constitution