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Government

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The institution where a society makes: public policy

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State

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A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law and are sovereign

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Public policy

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Anything the government does

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Executive

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Power to enforce law

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Legislative power

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Power to make laws

Us congress

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Judicial power

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Interprets law

Supreme Court

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Sovereignty

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Highest political authority

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Democracy

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Majority of people allowed to participate

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Dictatorship

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One person or small elite group participate in government

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Oligarchy

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Small group of elite

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Autocracy

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One person participates in government

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Rule of law

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People who make the law must obey it

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Presidential government

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A system of government where executive and legislative branches are separate

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Constitution

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set of customs, fundamental laws, values, principles to which define a governement

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Parliamentary government

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A system of government having the executive power in a cabinet of member s of the legislature

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Concurring opinion

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Written by someone else in majority that has something to add

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Dissenting opinion

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Written by most senior member of the minority

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Original jurisdiction.

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First court to hear a case

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Appellate jurisdiction

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The court can only hear case if it was appealed w

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Incumbent

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The current office holder

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Gerrymandering

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The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage I’d a party or group

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Judicial review

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The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a government action or law

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Partisanship

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Government action based on firm allegiance to a political party

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Filibuster

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speaking a bill to death, only in the senate

silent filibuster- 40 senators agree to filibuster and not vote on the bill

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popular sovereignty

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type of government where people are the source of any and all governmental power, government can exist only with the consent of the governed

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limited government

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government is restricted in what it may do and each individual/ has rights that the states cannot take away
constitutionalism and popular sovereignty

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representative government

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

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bipartisan

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supported by two parties

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coalition

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a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control the government

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veto

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chief executive,s power to reject a bill passed by legislature

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pardon

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release from the punishment or legal consequence of a federal crime, by the President

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cabinent

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presidential advisory body, made up of heads of the executive departments

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impeach

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to bring formal charges against a public official

House of Representatives has sole power to impeach

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Sectionalism

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Loyalty to your region, not your country

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Poll tax

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Tax to vote used to block african americans from voting

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Literacy tests

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Tests on,y given to blacks to prevent them from voting and they always failed

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Grandfather clause

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Law saying to vote your grandfather must have been able to vote

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Amendment

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A formal change or addition to the constitution

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Treaty

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A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states

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Quorum

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The least number of members who must be present in order to conduct business

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agrarian economy

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mostly farming- South in the 1800s

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pocket veto

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the president does not say no to a bill and congress goes on recess within 10 days- can’t go back to legislative

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major parties

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political party that has a reasonable chance of being elected to a national offfice

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party in power

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president’s political party

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political party

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a group of citizens who agree on major ideas facing the nation

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minor party

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third parties any party that exists and is not two major parties
want to influence what people talk about, draw their issue forward

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two party system

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only two major political parties

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multiparty system

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more than two main political parties
hard to win majority
often coalitions

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one-party system

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only one party has reasonable chance of winning

often in dictatorship

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constitiuency

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the people that an elected official represents

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aquit

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find not guilty of a charge

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bicameral

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two house legislature

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unicameral

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one house legislature

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equal representation

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relies on nothing, every state has same amount of representation

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proportional representation

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representation based on something else

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apportionment

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distribute seats of house of representatives, based on census done every ten years

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appeal

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have a higher court review your case

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electorate

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all the people entitles to vote in an election

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propoganda

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persuasive media

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off-year election

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election year when the presidency isn’t up for election

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nationalsim

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prioritize what is better for the nation over region

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strict constructionalists

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Democrat-Republican early political party thought there were no implied powers in the Constitution, they were all expressed

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liberal constructionalists

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Federalist political party thought there were implied powers

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federal governenment

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power is shared between a centralized place and smaller areas of power, DC over states

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Confederate government

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power is shared between smaller areas and one centralized place of power

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unitary government

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all power in one place

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President pro Tempore

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temporary or substitute presiding officer of the senate

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Speaker of the house

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presiding officer in the house

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whip

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helps minority/ majority leaders (are in both houses)

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standing committee

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permanent
one house
gather information about common type of bill

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joint committee

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permanent
both houses
gather information about common bill

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select committees

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temporary
one house
gather information on uncommon bill

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conference committee

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temporary
both houses
rectify difference between versions of bills

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rule of cloture

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ends a filibuster
need 60 senators to agree
once enacted voting will occur

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floor leader

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minority and majority leaders

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president of the senate

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presiding officer in the senate
vice president
Joe Biden (D)

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electoral college

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group of people chosen in each State every four years to elect the president

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expressed power

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specifically written in constitution

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inherent power

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part of what it is and is supposed to do

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implied power

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assumed because of the expressed powers

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