social studies 12
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- territory
- an area of land under the rule of government
- ratified
- approved or said OK
- compromise
- an agreement in which each side of an argument gives up something it wants in order to end a dispute
- legislative branch
- Congress, the group that makes the laws, both the Senate and the House of Representatives together
- republic
- a government in which citizens elect leaders to represent them
- checks and balances
- a system of separating the powers of government to halt the power of the other branches
- federal system
- government in which power is shared between a nation and its smaller parts, the states
- executive branch
- the branch headed by the President responsible for carrying out the laws
- judicial branch
- the Supreme Court, the group responsible for settling disputes
- cabinet
- a group of advisors to the President
- inauguration
- a swearing in of a President
- amendments
- changes made to the Constitution
- precedent
- a model, the first example of something
- constitution
- a written plan of how a goverment will work
- political party
- a group of people with similar goals who work together to gain power in government
- democracy
- a government in which people make political decisions by voting and the majority rules
- convention
- a meeting of people who share a common purpose