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English Bill of right

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A gov document that expanded powers of the powers of the English parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king – limited gov/ due process/ rule of law

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Magna Carta

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A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility. It was written by the English nobility in 1215. – limited gov /rule of law/ due process

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Limited gov

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The gov can do only what the people allow it to do

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Tyranny

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Cruel and oppressive or rule

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Rule of law

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The principal that the law applies to everyone , even those who govern.

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Mayflower contact

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The mayflower compact was an agreement between individual that created a gov. That would provide over and protect the rights of the colonists.
Self gov

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Tomas Paine - common sense

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“Common sense” was a pamphlet written by that’s Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England
Self gov

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Enlightenment

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Enlightenment thinkers wanted to apply the laws that ruled nature to people and society

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Montesquieu

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Montesquieu idea was called the separation of power. That the power of government should be divided into branches.

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Separation of powers

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The split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

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John Locke

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People have the right to life liberty and property that the government must protect for the common good. All people are born equal with natural Rights . Believed In a form of social contract

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Social contract

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An agreement among people In a society with their gov

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Founding fathers / framers

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The delegates who framed, or wrote the Declaration of Independence and constitution

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Declaration of Independence

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July 4.1776 – declared independence from great Britain – established idea that all people are equal under law

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Unalienable rights

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Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away – life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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4 parts of the DOI

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Preamble
Natural rights
List of grievance
Resolution

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Articles of confederation

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The first Constituion if the United States, created a confederal system, of gov. , weaknesses of central government (ex. No power to tax or enforce laws)- led to constitution

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Shays rebellions

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An uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not wanna lose there farms because of the dept caused by heavy state taxes after the American revolution.

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Consitutional convection

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Meeting of the state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new constitution.

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Anti-Feds

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A person who opposed the ratification of the COnsitution argument: no bill of rights to protect individual people.

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Feds

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A supporter of the constitution. Main argument was to get a stronger central government.

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Federalist papers

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A series of essays written to defend the constitution.

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Ratification

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To approve - they needed 9 of the 13 to states to approve, ratify the constitution. They promised of a bill of rights helped win support for the constitution.

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U.S Consitution

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Purpose is to provide a plan of gov.

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Preamble of the us constitution

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Starts with “ we the people” which States 6 goal and purpose of government, that the power of gov. Comes from the people and exist 2 serve the people

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Article 1 of the Consitution

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Outlines the lawmaking powers of the legislative branch, or congress
Says the congress is made up of the senate and the house of representative
Describes how each member of the house I’d chosen and how they can be removed from office.

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Article 2 of the constitution

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Sets out the executive branch it explains how these leaders are elected and how they can be removed.

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Article 3

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Lists the the federal court . They set up the judicial branch, they interpret the laws and see that they are fairly applied, describes the kind of cases the court may hear.

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Amendment

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Any change made in the constitution. 27 so far

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Bill of rights

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First 10 amendment of the constitution.

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Federlism

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The shared power between the central/ national and the state governments.

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Concurrent powers

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Powers shared by the states and the federal gov

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Reserved powers

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Powers the constitution doesnt give to the federal gov. Powers set aside for the states.

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Enumerated powers

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Powers directly granted to the national government by the Constitution. The word enumerated means “listed” or “spelled out”. Enumerated powers are also called the expressed powers.

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Delegated powers

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Powers directly granted to the national gov. Under the United States constitution.

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Supremacy clause

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The Consitution and other laws and treaties made by the national gov. Are “the supreme law of the land.”

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Democracy

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A government in which the people hold the power to rule. Rule by the people

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Direct democracy

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Form of democracy in which the people vote first handed. People govern themselves.

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Representative democracy

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People choose leaders to govern for them – government based on representative democracy is called a republic

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Socialism

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Society controls all aspects of the economy, either directly or indirectly through the government. The government decides which items industries will produce and what jobs workers will have. It is hoped that a nation’s wealth would be more evenly divided among its citizens.

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Communism

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Government owned all resources and directed all economic activities. People had few freedoms, unlike the people in the United States and Western Europe.

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Monarchy

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A system of gov on which head of the state is a king or queen

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Parliamentary system

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System of gov in which the power to make and execute laws is held by a parliament.

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Federal system

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National gov and the state gov. Share and divide powers

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Confederal system

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System of gov. Where powers of government are concentrated at the state level a loose union of states

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Unitary system

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System of gov where the central body retains supreme power

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Amendment process

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2/3 vote of Congress to propose Amendment or 2/3 of states at Constitutional Convention then ratified by ¾ of state legislatures or ¾ of special Constitutional Conventions called by states

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13th amendment

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abolished slavery

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14tb amendment

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Guarantees due process, equal protection under the law and granted rights of citizenship to African Americans

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15th amendment

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All citizens votes can’t be denied based on race, color.

Guaranteed the right of suffrage (the right to vote) regardless of previous condition of servitude.

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19th amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

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24th amendment

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Prohibit poll taxes in federal

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26th amendment

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Lowered the voting age elections to 18

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Legislative branch

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Legislative Branch

Makes the laws – Congress made up of Senate and House of Representatives

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Executive branch

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Executive Branch

Enforces the laws – President, Vice-president, and cabinet

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Judicial branch

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Judicial Branch

Interprets the laws- to see if they are Constitutional, dual court system of state and federal courts

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Judicial review

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Court can review any federal state or.lcal law or action to see whether it goes against the constitution.

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Chief justices

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Supreme Court is made up of 9 justices , a chef justice and 8 associate justices. Chef is the leader

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Elastic clause

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Elastic clause
Clause in Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out its expressed powers.

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President pro tempore of the senate

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Fills in as the presiding officer of the Senate when the Vice-president cannot be present. Is from the majority party and is usually the senior member or one in Senate the longest from the majority party. Also in line of succession for presidency after the Speaker of the House

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Speaker of the house

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Speaker of the House page 200

Presides over the House of Representatives and leads its majority party, next in line of succession after VP for presidency

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Bicameral

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Two- house legislature; divided into two parts – 49 states have a bicameral legislature, with two houses, like Congress - as it is divided into House of Representatives and Senate.

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Municipally

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A city is officially called a municipally an incorporated place a local area within an organized gov that provide service to residents

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Charter

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Gives power to a local gov. Area must meet certain standards in order for a charter, describes the type of city gov, it’s structures and it’s power

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Ordinance

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A law, usually of a city or country

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Town

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Political units that are similar than city’s and larger than villages

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Special district

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Units of gov that is formed to handle a specific task

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Home rule

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Cities have the power it write their own charters

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Mayor

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Similar to a state gov/governor or the president. Is the cheif executive of a city gov

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Governor

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To head the executive branch of gov. Responsible for making sure that the laws of the states are carried out. Cheif executive officer of the state

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Civil law

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Disputes between people or groups could be a disagreement over a broken contract. Doesn’t concern society at large or criminal offenses

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Criminal law

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Seek to protect public safely. Crimes are graded as either felonies or misdemeanors

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Constitutional law

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Deals with the structure and meaning of the Consitution, constitutional cases decide the limit of the government power and the rights of individual

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Military law

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statues that apply to those serving in the armed forces of the United States and civilians who work for the military, examples - disrespect to superior officers, desertion, mutiny - serious offenses may end up at a court-martial which is a court made up of officers that tries to those accused of breaking military laws

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District court

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Lowest level of the federal system. Authority to hear cases for the first time. Tria. Courts

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Appeal courts

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Between the district courts and the Supreme court in the federal system, also called court of appeals, appellate courts, do not decide guilt or innocence but review a case to decide if the lower decision was fair

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Marbury vs. Madison

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First claimed the right to declare acts of the legislative and executive branch unconstitutional. Judicial branch independent of and equal to the other branches

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Plessy vs. ferguson

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Said African American could be provided with “separate but equal” public facilities , began school integration

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Broad vs. board of education

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Overturned Plessy vs. ferguson.

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Miranda v. Arizona

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Ruled that at the time arrest suspects cannot be questioned until informed of their rights.

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Gideon vs. wainwright

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Declared that a person accused of a major crime had the right to a legal council during a trial

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In re Gault

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Extended due process protection to juveniles

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Tinker vs. Des Moines

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Entitled to freedom of expression of their view. 1st amendment

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Unites states vs. Nixon

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No one is above the law not even the president.

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Bush vs. gore

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Ruled that fl. Recount of presidental votes violated the 14th amendment recount stopped and bush became president

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Citizen

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Member of a government who own loyalty to a government and in turn, are entitled to the protection of the gov.

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Native born also called natural born

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Any body born in any 50 states and the District of Columbia is automatically becomes an American citizen/ natural born

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Naturalization process legal

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  1. 18 or older
  2. Been a lawful permanent resident for 5 years
  3. Able to read, write, and speak English.
  4. Good moral character
  5. Understanding of U.S civics
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Alien

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Foreign born residents who have not been naturalized

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Responsibilities

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To meet a shared goal

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Duties

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Actions that we are required to perform

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Bill of rights

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The first 10 amendments In the constitution are known as the bill of rights of the people and were written first

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Amendment 1

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Freedom of speech,press,religion,assembly and freedom of petition

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Amnedment 2

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The right to bear arm

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Amendment 3

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No war soldiers may not stay insoles home without permission of the home owner

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Amendment 4

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No unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrent search

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Amendment 5

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Prevents putting people on trial more than once for the same crime, protects an accused person rights to remain silent

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Amendment 6

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Right it hear and question all witnesses against him or her, right to a lawyer, allowed a trail by jury

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Amemdment 7

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Civil cases

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Amendment 8

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Prevents cruel or unusual punishment

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Amendment 9

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Not all rights are listed in the Consitution but we still have to follow it.

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Amendment 10

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Federal government are limited in power any power the constitution doesn’t specifically give to the federal gov. Belongs to the state or people

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Due process

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Following set legal procedures

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Eminent domain

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Government must pay a fair price if they take ur property for public use like building a road

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Rights of the accused

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4th,5th,6th,8th amendments are known as the rights of the accused

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Enumerated rights

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Enumerated rights are those rights that are written one by one in the constitution and amendments

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Political parties

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Group of people broad , shared interest

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Two party system

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System of government In which 2- political party’s compete for power

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Candidate

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Someone thinking of running for president

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Elections

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1st step primary election chooses 1 canidate from each party to run in the general election - most votes is the party’s canidate for an office. General elections -presidental elections - majority votes win- held every 4 years

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Electoral college

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Group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and Vice President.

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Public agenda

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Issues considered most significant by government officials

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Public opinion

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Ideas and attitudes that people hold about an issue or a person

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Interest groups

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Group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their belief

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Lobbyist

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People who represent interest groups

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Political action committee

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Organizations set up interest groups to collect and direct money to candidates and their campaigns

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Mass media

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Various methods of communications that reach large amount of people

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Bias

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One point of view instead of presenting all sides of an issue

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Symbolism

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Use or misuse of symbols when appealing to the public

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Propaganda

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Form of communication aimed at influencing the population towards some idea, cause, or position

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Alliance/allies

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Help someone out like how U.S joined woth Great Britain and Soviet Union as allies to defeat Germany

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Ambassadors

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An official representative of a country’s government

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Diplomacy/diplomats

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Officials

Who represent their country’s gov meet and try to work out ways to address common concerns

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Treatys

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A formal agreement between the gov. Of two or more country’s

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Executive agreement

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Agreement between the president and the leader of another country

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Embargo

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Agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

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Trade sanction

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Effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

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Foreign policy

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Nations plan for dealing with other nations

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Foreign aid

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Help carry our foreign policy , consist of money, food, military help,other supplies

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United Nations

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Main goal is to help keep peace among nations

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International court of justice

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Settles legal disputes between nations

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NGO

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International organizations not linked to any government, private citizens to meet a need or to work for a cause, depends on volunteer and donations

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Diplomats

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Officials who represent their country’s gov, meet and try to work out ways to address common concerns

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NATO

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28 nations - main goal are to keep peace and defend all members in time of war

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WHO

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Part of the United Nations -improve health for all people, fight and prevent desieses

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WTO

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Promote free trade

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Filibuster

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Talk a bill to death to delay a vote on a bill until the bill’s sponsor is persuaded to withdraw it

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Cloture

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3/5 of Senate vote for cloture and then no senator can speak for more than one hour

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