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What is unitary government?
All powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency
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What is Magna Carta
issued June 1215
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What is Montesquieu
The Spirit of The Laws
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What is qualifications to become president
Be a natural-born citizen of the United States. Be at least 35 years old. Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
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What is federal government?
dividing up a government between the central and national government
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What is Bill of Rights
written 1789 contains the first ten amendments to the constitution
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What is Three-fifths compromise
a slave was three-fifths of a man
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What is authoritarian government?
highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression
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What is Thomas Hoobes
wrote the Levithan
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What is Great Compromise
A bicameral, or two-house law-making body.
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What is oligarchy government
a small group of people having the power
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What is John Locke
Second Treatise on Government
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What is separation of powers
the balancing of powers to make sure no government group had to much .
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What is parliamentary system?
the government made up of cabinets
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What is Rossoeu
The Social Contract
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What is "lame duck"
20th amendment
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