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	Framework of Government: Key Terms

The following terms are essential in order to complete the exercises in this unit. Click on the term to see its definition.


	Alexander Hamilton amendment anti-Federalists	Articles of Confederation autocracy

	bicameral legislature	Bill of Rights

	capitalism checks and balances	constitution custom and usage

	Declaration of Independence democracy	direct democracy

	economic equality election elitism	equality of opportunity executive interpretation

	factions federalism	Federalist Papers Federalists

	government

	interest group

	James Madison John Jay	judicial interpretation judicial review

	legislative interpretation

	majority rule	minority rights

	national supremacy

	oligarchy

	pluralism policy political equality political freedom	political party popular sovereignty pre-Constitution period

	ratify	representative democracy

	separation of powers	social equality

	U.S. Constitution	unconstitutional

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