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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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11
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In re gault

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Minors have to go through same process as adults

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12
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Madbury versus Madison

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Judicial review

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13
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Gideon versus Wainwright

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If you cannot provide counsel, one may be provided

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14
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Plessy versus Ferguson

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Separate but equal

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15
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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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17
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Thomas Paine

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Made common sense

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18
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Thomas Jefferson

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Third president and author of declaration of independent

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19
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Baron de Montesquieu

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He was supportive of rule of law

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20
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Profit

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The income a business has left after paying expenses

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21
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Revenue

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Income

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22
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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

24
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Isolationism

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Avoidance of involvement in all forging affairs

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Espionage

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Spying

26
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Detente

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Lessening of tension

27
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English Bill of Rights

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Rights to petition or request to government to improve or change laws

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Declaration of independence

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America became free from Great Britain

29
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Revolutionary war

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Fighting to become free from Great Britain

30
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US Constitution

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The 27th amendments

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Monarchy

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Autocracy ruled by king or queen

32
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communism

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A System of government where government control controls means of production

33
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Capitalism

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An economic system based on private ownership of production

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Socialism

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Society organizes the means of production for welfare of all

35
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Soul of proprietorship

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The income A business organizations owned by one person

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Delegate powers

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Power is given to the federal government by constitution

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Reserved powers

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Power set aside by the US Constitution for the state or for the people

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Current powers

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Power shared by the federal government and the states

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Income tax

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A tax on the income that individuals to companies earn

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Property tax

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A tax or state tax collected on a real property or personal property

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Excise tax

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Tax collected only on certain services and goods

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Estate tax

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Federal tax on all the wealth person leaves

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Progressive tax

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A tax that takes A larger percentage on income from income group than from lower income groups

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Tariff tax

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Government collects taxes on many products imported from foreign countries

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Bandwagon

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A method to persuade young people

46
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Domestic policy

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Policies in the United States

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Foreign policy

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Policies deal with other countries

48
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Bay of pigs

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failed attempt to overthrow the government of Cuba

49
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Cuban missile crisis

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confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War

50
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WW1

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conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers

51
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Autocracy

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government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision-making power.

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Theocracy

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Government ruled by religious leaders

53
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Oligarchy

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a small group of “elite” citizens that rules a country

54
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Debt

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the amount owed by the borrower to the lender

55
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What is an appellate jurisdiction?

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the power of a higher court to hear appeals from a lower court

56
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Who has the power of appellate jurisdiction

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The court

57
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Cold war

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the threat of nuclear war

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