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American Government - Coggle Diagram
American Government
Principles of the Constitution: Limited Government, Judicial Review, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Popular Sovereignty, and Federalism
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Popular Sovereignty: authority for government flows from the people, and they rule through their representatives
Judicial Review: Judicial branch controls, what the Supreme Court does, when you look at a bill or an executive order
Federalism: Power is divided between the national and state governments, limiting central power (make sure one doesn’t have too much power)
Federal, Enumerated Powers: start war, print money
State, Reserved Powers: education, marriage laws
Concurrent Powers: shared powers, shared between the federal and state levels, tax income,
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Checks and Balances: Each of the three branches of government exercises some control over the others, sharing power among them, each branch can check on the other two to make sure they aren’t too powerful
Impeachment: Legislative branch controls, formally remove someone from office
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Judicial Review: Judicial branch controls, what the Supreme Court does, when you look at a bill or an executive order
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