| A | B |
|---|
| Miranda Rule | The rule that says police must tell criminal suspects about their right to refuse to answer questions |
| Self-incrimination | Giving evidence against yourself |
| Double Jeopardy | Hving more than one trial for the same crime |
| Civil Rights | The right to be treated equally under the law |
| Segregation | The separation of one group from another |
| Candidate | A person who is running for office |
| Electorate | The part of the population that can vote |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Precinct | A small district in a city or town that people are assigned to for voting in elections |
| Register | To sign up |
| Split-ticket voting | Voting for candidates of more than one political party in an election |
| Straight-ticket voting | Voting for candidates of only ONE political party in an election |
| Constitutional Monarchy | A government that has a king or a queen, but the king or queen has not real power because another person or group makes the laws |
| Dictatorship | A government that is run by ONE person |
| Head of State | The person or people in charge of a country's government |
| Monarch | A government leader who inherited his or her job through this or her family...by birth |
| Monarchy | A government wose leader inherited his or her job...King/Queen |
| Alliance | A group of countries with the same goals |
| Chief Executive | The leader of the Executive Branch, the President |
| Confederate System | A government in which independent countries join together with a common goal |
| Executive Branch | The part of the government that carries out or enforces the laws...the President, Vice-President, and Cabinet members |
| Federal System | A government in which the national and state governments share power...like in the USA |
| Legislative Branch | The part of the government that makes laws; Congress |
| Parliamentary System | A government in which the chief executive is a member of the legislative branch, like in England |
| Presidential System | A government in which the legislative and executive branches are separate from each other, like in the USA |
| Unitary System | A government in which the national government has all of the power |
| Limited Government | A government that must follow rules and laws |
| Magna Carta | The paper listing rules that the British monarch had to follow |
| Representative Government | The members of the government are elected by the people |
| Tyranny | When a government rules without worrying about the rights of the people |
| Articles of Confederation | The first plan for the National Government in the USA colonies |
| Continental Congress | A group of representatives from the colonies who developed the first government of the USA |
| Declaration of Independence | The paper that said the colonies would become a separate country and told Great Britian that they would no longer be subject to British rule |
| Judicial Branch | The part of a government that interprets the laws; Courts system |
| Checks and Balances | Each branch of the government has ways to limit the power of the other branches, which keeps the power equal among all the branches |
| Federalism | The national government and the state governments share power...like in the USA |
| Judicial Review | The power of the courts to decide if laws and other government actions are allowed by the Constitution...the work of the US Supreme Court |
| Nobility | Kings, queens, and other royal positions |
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that the people are the supreme rulers of the government |
| Separation of Powers | The powers of the national government of the United States is divided among three branches |
| Veto | To reject and send back (a bill) |
