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What is Communism
Abolition of public property (Factories, libraries, etc) along with the abolition of the class system
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What is the French Revolution
A revolt by the French people attempting to gain rights from the monarchy, the preceding Napoleonic period gave us the foundation of modern law
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What are Constitutional rights
Rights gifted by the United States Constitution
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What is French Revolution
Where the French overthrew their monarchy
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What is Great Compromise
The compromise of the US government gives us both a federal system and a bill of rights
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What is Capitalism
The buying and selling of public and private property, the antithesis of communism
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What is American Revolution
A revolt by British Americans against their monarchy helped stir the pot of the French Revolution
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What is Legal jargin
Where people knowledgeable in legalise use long drawn out ways to say something OR using legal shorthand
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What is Canada
A landmass north of the US state of Georgia, part of the British commonwealth, has a constitution
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What is Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments of the constitution
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What is Monarchism
The hardcore belief that one man/woman is chosen by god and is given reign of an entire country,
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What is World War 2
A globe-spanning conflict that started with Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939
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What is the Executive Branch
A branch of government that controls actually enforcing the laws passed by a legislative branch
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What is a constitution
A singular or set of papers that defines a country's main laws and sets out its form of government
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What is Representatives
People that other people elect in a democratic system to represent them
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What is Liberalism
The extreme end of capitalism, but without wanting a state to regulate the economy
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What is World War 1
A globe-spanning conflict that started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian Nationalists
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What is the Legislative branch
A branch of government that controls what laws do and do not get made
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What is a constitutional monarch
A modern form of monarchy where the crown is more of a ceremonial role and not actually important
EX: Great Britain |
What is the president
Someone that runs a federal government as head of an executive branch
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What is Anarchism
The similarly extreme end of the left spectrum also is not too keen on a downward style of government, promotes a horizontal form of government
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What is the Great Depression
A period of time where the global economy crashed entirely and several people became poor and several died of starvation
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What is the Judicial branch
A branch of government that supervises the Legislative branch and makes sure the laws follow with the country's founding document
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What is modern imperialism
A form of takeover, using the excuse of "Freedom spreading" either for forceful trade deals or spreading your countries economy
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What is True Democracy
A system of government where the people are given complete choice in how their government is run, everyone gets a vote, and there are no representatives
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