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American Government :flag-us: - Coggle Diagram
American Government
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Branches of Government
Legislative
- make the laws
Executive
- enforce the laws
Judicial
- interpret the laws
Political Parties
Democrat
- liberal, left-leaning, donkey
Independent
- not affiliated with either political party (democrat or republican)
Republican
- conservative, right-leaning, elephant
Principles of the Constitution
Checks and Balances
- keeps the branches in check so that not one tier is given too much power
Limited Government
- government can only do what we give them the power to do. Power is separated.
Separation of Powers
- division of legislative, executive, and judicial government forms
Individual Rights
- the fundamental protection granted to each person by the Constitution of the US
Federalism
- tiered system - not one powerful government
Republicanism
- a preference for a republican form of government
Popular Sovereignty
- majority rules (democracy) - 1/2 + 1
Forms of Government
Federalism
- a form of government that separates power between tiers
States
- There are some things that the federal level can't do, but state government can (ex. capital or governor in any of the US states)
Local
- counties, cities
Citizens
- You
Federal
- national government (ex. Washington D.C., President of the US)
Oligarchy
- ruled by elites - a government rules by wealthy people
Parliamentary System
- complex democracies - vote for the representative, but there is no elected chief executive
Monarchy
- mono = 1, one family and passed down by family heritage
Democracy
- dem = people, a government of all people - majority rules
Dictatorship
- a government ruled by one person or one party
Anarchy
- anti/no governemnt