Civics Flashcards

(57 cards)

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12 amendment

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Requires separate ballot for the offices of President and vice president

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13th amendment

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Band slavery

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14th amendment

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Defines slavery

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22nd amendment

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Limits terms of a president.

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25th amendment

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Established procedures for presidential succession

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Federalist

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Supporters of the US Constitution, who urged its adoption

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Anti-federalist

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Opponents of the constitution who urged its rejection

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Primary election

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An election in which the voters of various parties choose candidates to run for office in a general election

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General election

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An election in which the voters elect their leaders

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Propaganda

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Presents one side in a negative Way

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In re gault

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Minors have to go through same process as adults

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Madbury versus Madison

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Judicial review

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Gideon versus Wainwright

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If you cannot provide counsel, one may be provided

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Plessy versus Ferguson

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Separate but equal

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Brown versus border education

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It overturned plessy Versus Ferguson. They stopped the separation of learning

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John Locke

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He made natural rights(Life, liberty, and property

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Thomas Paine

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Made common sense

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Thomas Jefferson

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Third president and author of declaration of independent

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Baron de Montesquieu

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He was supportive of rule of law

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Profit

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The income a business has left after paying expenses

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Revenue

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Income

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Partnership

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Business where two or more people are responsible

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Monopoly

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Only company selling a product

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Isolationism

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Avoidance of involvement in all forging affairs

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Espionage
Spying
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Detente
Lessening of tension
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English Bill of Rights
Rights to petition or request to government to improve or change laws
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Declaration of independence
America became free from Great Britain
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Revolutionary war
Fighting to become free from Great Britain
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US Constitution
The 27th amendments
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Monarchy
Autocracy ruled by king or queen
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communism
A System of government where government control controls means of production
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Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of production
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Socialism
Society organizes the means of production for welfare of all
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Soul of proprietorship
The income A business organizations owned by one person
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Delegate powers
Power is given to the federal government by constitution
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Reserved powers
Power set aside by the US Constitution for the state or for the people
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Current powers
Power shared by the federal government and the states
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Income tax
A tax on the income that individuals to companies earn
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Property tax
A tax or state tax collected on a real property or personal property
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Excise tax
Tax collected only on certain services and goods
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Estate tax
Federal tax on all the wealth person leaves
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Progressive tax
A tax that takes A larger percentage on income from income group than from lower income groups
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Tariff tax
Government collects taxes on many products imported from foreign countries
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Bandwagon
A method to persuade young people
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Domestic policy
Policies in the United States
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Foreign policy
Policies deal with other countries
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Bay of pigs
failed attempt to overthrow the government of Cuba
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Cuban missile crisis
confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
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WW1
conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers
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Autocracy
government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision-making power.
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Theocracy
Government ruled by religious leaders
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Oligarchy
a small group of "elite" citizens that rules a country
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Debt
the amount owed by the borrower to the lender
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What is an appellate jurisdiction?
the power of a higher court to hear appeals from a lower court
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Who has the power of appellate jurisdiction
The court
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Cold war
the threat of nuclear war