Civics Flashcards
12 amendment
Requires separate ballot for the offices of President and vice president
13th amendment
Band slavery
14th amendment
Defines slavery
22nd amendment
Limits terms of a president.
25th amendment
Established procedures for presidential succession
Federalist
Supporters of the US Constitution, who urged its adoption
Anti-federalist
Opponents of the constitution who urged its rejection
Primary election
An election in which the voters of various parties choose candidates to run for office in a general election
General election
An election in which the voters elect their leaders
Propaganda
Presents one side in a negative Way
In re gault
Minors have to go through same process as adults
Madbury versus Madison
Judicial review
Gideon versus Wainwright
If you cannot provide counsel, one may be provided
Plessy versus Ferguson
Separate but equal
Brown versus border education
It overturned plessy Versus Ferguson. They stopped the separation of learning
John Locke
He made natural rights(Life, liberty, and property
Thomas Paine
Made common sense
Thomas Jefferson
Third president and author of declaration of independent
Baron de Montesquieu
He was supportive of rule of law
Profit
The income a business has left after paying expenses
Revenue
Income
Partnership
Business where two or more people are responsible
Monopoly
Only company selling a product
Isolationism
Avoidance of involvement in all forging affairs
Espionage
Spying
Detente
Lessening of tension
English Bill of Rights
Rights to petition or request to government to improve or change laws
Declaration of independence
America became free from Great Britain
Revolutionary war
Fighting to become free from Great Britain
US Constitution
The 27th amendments
Monarchy
Autocracy ruled by king or queen
communism
A System of government where government control controls means of production
Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of production
Socialism
Society organizes the means of production for welfare of all
Soul of proprietorship
The income A business organizations owned by one person
Delegate powers
Power is given to the federal government by constitution
Reserved powers
Power set aside by the US Constitution for the state or for the people
Current powers
Power shared by the federal government and the states
Income tax
A tax on the income that individuals to companies earn
Property tax
A tax or state tax collected on a real property or personal property
Excise tax
Tax collected only on certain services and goods
Estate tax
Federal tax on all the wealth person leaves
Progressive tax
A tax that takes A larger percentage on income from income group than from lower income groups
Tariff tax
Government collects taxes on many products imported from foreign countries
Bandwagon
A method to persuade young people
Domestic policy
Policies in the United States
Foreign policy
Policies deal with other countries
Bay of pigs
failed attempt to overthrow the government of Cuba
Cuban missile crisis
confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
WW1
conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers
Autocracy
government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision-making power.
Theocracy
Government ruled by religious leaders
Oligarchy
a small group of “elite” citizens that rules a country
Debt
the amount owed by the borrower to the lender
What is an appellate jurisdiction?
the power of a higher court to hear appeals from a lower court
Who has the power of appellate jurisdiction
The court
Cold war
the threat of nuclear war
