Part 1-Vocabulary

1. Bicameral- Having two legislative chambers or houses. 2. Coalition- An organization of people or countries involved in a pact or treaty (the Constitution). 3. Consensus- An agreement in the judgment or opinion for the Constitution reached by a group of people, or countries, as a whole. 4. Democracy- A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. 5. Divided government- One party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of the United States Congress. 6. Entitlement- A guarantee to access of benefits granted by a law or contract. 7. Federal- A synonym for national, especially when referring to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units (the book has it used with Federal courts, the Federal Elect...

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