Civics

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a certain number of randomly selected people who live in a certain number of randomly selected places

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random sample

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the complex collection of the opinion of many different people; the sum of all their views

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public opinion

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the process of candidate selection in an electoral system

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nomination

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a technique of persuasion armed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create a particular belief, regardless of its validity

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propaganda

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general election

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the regularly scheduled election at which voters make a final selection of office holders

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public policy

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all of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

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public affairs

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those events and issues that concern the people at large - politics, public issues, and the making of public policies

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mass media

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those means of communication that reach large audiences, especially television, radio printed publications, and the internet

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lobbying

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activities in which group pressures are bought to bear on legislatures, the legislative process, and all aspects of the public policy making process

Question 10

ballot

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the device voters use to register a choice in an election

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two party system

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a political system dominated by 2 major parties

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registration

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a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting

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political party

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a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of office

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federalism

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a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments

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consensus

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general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters; broad agreements on public questions

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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reserved powers

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those powers that the constitution does not grant to the national government and does not, at the same time, deny to the states

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Gerrymandering

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the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group

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delegated powers

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those powers expressed, implied, or inherent granted to the national government by the constitution

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bipartisan

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supported by 2 parties

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representative government

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system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections

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popular sovereignty

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basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that people are the source of any and all power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed

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free enterprise system

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an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control, and determined in a free market

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federalist

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those persons who supported the ratification of the constitution in 1787-1788

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commers and slave trade compromise

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an agreement during the constitutional convection protecting slave holders; denied congress the power to tax the export of goods from any state, and for 20 years, the power to act on slave trade

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preamble

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introduction

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government

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the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

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formal amendment

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change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the constitution itself through one of four methods set fourth in the constitution

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division of powers

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basic principal of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic bases (in the U.S. between the national government and the states)

Question 30

articles of confederation

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plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution established a “firm league of friendship” among the states but allowed few important powers to the central government