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Love for one’s country and a loyalty to that country

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patriotism

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Characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors

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heritage

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According to Charles Shuman the price of socialism

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freedom

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Powers specifically given to congress in the U.S. Constitution

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expressed powers

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Gives Congress the authority to put into operation not the implied and expressed lowers

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“Necessary and proper” clause

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Proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states

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Apportionment

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Proposed new law

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Bill

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highest number of votes won but less than majority

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Plurality *

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Past decisions involving a similar court

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Precedents

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Presidential rejection of a bill

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Veto

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Armed citizenry

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Militia

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Ability to veto part of a bill without rejecting the whole bill

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Item veto

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Election in which voters can approve or reject a proposed amendment

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Referendum

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The process whereby a person changes citizenship from one country to another

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Naturalization

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A secret ballot

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Australian ballot

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Verse that says “Righteousness exalteth a nation: ur sin reproach to any people”

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Proverbs 14:34

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Verse that promises success and prosperity to the person who meditates upon and obeys God’s Word

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Joshua 1:8

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first foundational civil ordinance

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capital punishment

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private meetings of the party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates

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cuacus

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commands from the president that have the power of law

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executive orders

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A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials

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Bureaucracy

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wrote the Star Spangled Banner

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Francis Scott Key

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Form of government where the ruler exercises unlimited authority and usually inherits position

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Absolute Monarchy

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Government where ruler maintains absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the state

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Totalitarian Dictatorship

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a crime that is punishable by death
capital crime
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commander in chief, chief legislator, chief of state
Primary roles of president
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Responsible for the final draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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America's first national constitution
Articles of Confederation
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Presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention
George Washington
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Member of parliament who supported the American colonists
Edmund Burke
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wrote final draft of US constitution
Governor Morris
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Presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent.
president Pro Tempore
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Document that places king under law for the first time in English history
Magna Carta
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formulated the basic ideas of Communism
Karl Marx
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Laid foundation for right to trial by jury
Henry II
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Father of the Constitution
James Madison
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central government is subordinate to the states
Confederacy
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Document that was the forerunner to the written constitution in America
Mayflower Compact
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Document strictly limited power of English monarch after 1689
English Bill of Rights
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Supreme Court case that asserted the Right to judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
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Was the chief justice for rolled in the above mentioned case
John Marshall
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What term describes the statement of an individual citizens legal privileges
Bill of rights
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Term that refers to an instance in which the Supreme Court goes beyond the constitution to change the societal behavior by interpreting the constitution to mean what the justice wanted to mean
Judicial activism
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US (Supreme Court) is the most active level of the federal judiciary courts
District Courts
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A (writ of certiorari) Is a brief that is filled by individuals who are not parties in a particular case but still have an interest in The cases outcome
amicus curiae
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The chief justice Under whom the Supreme Court adopted the philosophy of judicial activism was (William Rehnquist)
earl Warren
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(Judicial restraint) Refers to When the Supreme Court interprets and apply the constitution according to the original understanding of those who wrote it and ratified it
True
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(Welfare) Refers to monies the national government gives the state or local government's for some designated purpose
Federal grants
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Board of supervisors) is the most common type of county board
Board of commissioners
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(Judicial review) Refers to the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law or action based upon the law unconstitutional
True
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Louisiana) the only state to have unicameral legislature
Nebraska
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(Federalism) refers to the division of power among the governments within a nation
True
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The Supreme Court ruling in (gibbons vs odgen) Gave a broader interputation of congresses power to regulate commerce
True
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(Extradition) refers to when a federal law supersedes or overrides a similar state law
Preemption
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The Supreme Court case of (McCulloch vs Maryland) establish the doctrine of implied powers
True
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The state office of (lieutenant governor) can be compared to that of Vice President
True
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A (justice of the peace court) is generally a court of last resort within a state
State Supreme Court
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Established the legislative branch
article 1
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Established the executive branch
article 2
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Article of the Constitution that sets up the Judicial Branch and defines treason.
article 3
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Relations among states
article 4
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Article of the Constitution that sets up the amendment process.
article 5
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Establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land
article 6
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Right to bear arms
Amendment 2
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Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
Amendment 4
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Right to a speedy and public trial
Amendment 6
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no excessive bail or fine; no cruel or unusual punishment
Amendment 8
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Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people
Amendment 10
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Allows the federal government to collect income tax
Amendment 16
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Direct election of senators
Amendment 17
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largest unit of local government in most states
county
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Supreme Court case that opened the door for federal court regulation of state apportionment
Baker v. Carr
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Rules that govern the use of money given to states through federal grants
Mandates
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Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
1st Amendment
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represents a special interest group before a political body
lobbyist
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System whereby able bodied men are required to join a particular branch of the nations armed forces for a certain period of time
Conscription
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Process by which citizens can propose amendments to the state constitution
Initiative
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Single most important source of revenue among the states today
Sales tax
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Describes a persons allegiance to a country or full membership and participation in its political and social institutions
Citizenship
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Local voting district that also serves as the basic unit of American political party organization
precinct
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Primary election in which voter must register with a party and only vote for candidates of that party
Closed primary
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the oldest, most widely used form of city government
mayor-council form
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Chief source of income for local governments
Property tax
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Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
amendment 18
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Women's right to vote
amendment 19

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