Unit 3 Pt. 2 Vocab

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Power sharing between federal and state governments

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Federalism

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Part of a document (e.g., Constitution) addressing a single subject

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article

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System where each government branch checks the others to prevent power concentration.

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Checks and Balances

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Branch of government that makes laws

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Legislative Branch

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Gives or "stretches" Congress's power to make laws "necessary and proper".

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Elastic Clause

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Branch of government that interprets laws

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Judicial Branch

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Branch of government led by the president that enforces laws and policies.

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Executive Branch

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Limitations on government by law or constitution

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Limited Government

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Favoring a republic or representative democracy as the best government

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Republicanism

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Rights we all have: "life, liberty, pursuit of happiness", unalienable rights

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Individual Rights