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People who want a strong national government when we wrote our Constitution. They did not think citizens’ rights needed to be listed

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Federalists

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Federalists

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People who want a strong national government when we wrote our Constitution. They did not think citizens’ rights needed to be listed

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People who wanted a weak national government when we wrote the Constitution, and who wanted citizens’ rights listed

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Anti- Federalists

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Anti- Federalists

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People who wanted a weak national government when we wrote the Constitution, and who wanted citizens’ rights listed

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The first 10 amendments of the Constitution which were added to get anti-federalists to agree to ratify it

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Bill of Rights

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Bill of Rights

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The first 10 amendments of the Constitution which were added to get anti-federalists to agree to ratify it

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A process that extended the protections of the Bill of Rights to people against state and local government

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Incorporation

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Incorporation

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A process that extended the protections of the Bill of Rights to people against state and local government

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The Ohio Constitution of 1851 said these positions had to be elected by the people

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Executive Officials and Judges

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The Ohio Constitution of 1851 banned these laws

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Retroactive Laws

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The Ohio Constitution of 1851 banned this kind of tax

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Poll Taxes

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The Ohio Constitution of 1851 said this could only be used for its stated purpose

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Tax Money

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The Ohio Constitution of 1851 created these courts

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District Courts

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These have the same principles but are not identical to the US Constitution

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State Constitutions

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The Ohio Constitution of 1851 put a limit on how much _______ the state could be in.

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Debt

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The US Constitution and national laws override these

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State Laws

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The level of government that can print money

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National/Federal

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The level of government that conducts elections

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State

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The level of government that regulates foreign commerce

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Federal/ National

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The level of government that ratifies amendments to the
Constitution

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State

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What level of government is the governor?

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State

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What level of government is school board?

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Local

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What level of government is congress?

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Federal/ National

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What level of government is the army?

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Federal/ National

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What level of government is city council?

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Local

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What level of government is a mayor?

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Local

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What level of government is the Ohio General Assembly?

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State

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When citizens get petitions signed to get an issue put on the ballot and voted on

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Initiative

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Our national bank

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Federal Reserve

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The Federal Reserve controls the amount of _____________ in circulation

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Money

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The Federal Reserve controls the amount of money in circulation by setting ____________________, also known as the discount rate

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interest rates

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The Federal Reserve sets _________________, which is how much money banks have to keep on hand

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reserve requirements

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_______________ interest rates and reserve requirements lead to less borrowing, spending, economic growth, and consumer demand for products

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Higher

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______________ interest rates and reserve requirements lead to more borrowing, spending, economic growth, and consumer demand for products

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Lower

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The money that the government collects from people

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taxes

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_________ taxes lead to more borrowing, spending, economic growth, and consumer demand for products

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Lower

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__________ taxes lead to less borrowing, spending, economic growth, and consumer demand for products

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Higher

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Policies that lead to less borrowing, spending, economic growth, and consumer demand for products are
called_______________________

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Contractionary policies

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Policies that lead to more borrowing, spending, economic
growth, and consumer demand for products

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expansionary policies

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The government can only spend money it takes in through taxes and ____________________

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borrowing

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Government ____________________ is usually popular among people who benefit from it, so it is difficult to cut

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Spending

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increased government spending and reduced taxes are ____________ policies.

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expansionary

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decreased government spending and higher taxes are ____________ policies.

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Contractionary

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