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1 : control and direction of public business (as of a city or a nation) The mayor makes decisions regarding the government of city departments. 2 : a system of control : an established form of political rule a democratic government. 3 : the people making up a governing body Their governments are committed to peace.
A sharp decline in President Johnson's popularity.
That fact the Polk's message convinced Congress to vote to go to war with Mexico showed ow eager the United States was to gain territory, since this speech provided relatively no rational arguments in favor for war.