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Exam 1 Topics Flashcards

1
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French-Indian war

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Fought between French and Britain. British win. Showed American colonials that nations were not invincible and that violence was necessary.

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Merchantilism

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Enforced by British mainland after French-Indian war. Colonies in America could only trade with Britain and allies.

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3
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Townsend acts

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Customs and income tax for American colonists

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4
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Adam Lanza

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Shooter of sandy hook massacre

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5
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Nationalism

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Loyalty to a group that can span across nations

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Patriotism

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Loyalty for ones nation

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7
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4 factors to get civil rights into policy

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Time period
The reach
Tolerance
The right itself

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Policy

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Is the how?

How something will get done.

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9
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1st amendment

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Free speech, religion, right to protest

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2nd amendment

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Right to have guns

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11
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10th amendment

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Any power that is not specifically in federal control goes to state government

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14th amendment

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Equal protection under law.

Began for just free men. Later moved to white males. Then all people

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13
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15th amendment

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Right to vote

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19th amendment

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Women’s right to vote

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15
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Border search exception

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Allows search within 100 miles of border

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16
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DOMA

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Marriage is defined as between one male and one female. Made under bill Clinton. Determined unconstitutional in 2013

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17
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Proposition 8

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Was to ban same sex marriage in California. Also determined unconstitutional in 2013

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18
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Kim Davis

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Kentucky clerk who refused marriage license to same sex couple. Even though that was against the law and her government job position.

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19
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Ratio for representatives today

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1 for every 700,000 people

20
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Alice Paul

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Large part of women’s suffrage movement. Responsible for the amendment of women’s voting rights

21
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Stamp tax

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Tax for only colonies. To pay for wars and fees that colonies were in

22
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British priorities of government

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The nation as a whole. To supply and feed and pay for everyone

23
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Colonial priorities of government

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To supply and care for just the colonies.

24
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Continental congress

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Aka Philadelphia congress. Was the governing body of the US during revolutionary war.

25
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3/5s compromise

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Deal that made newly freed black men 3/5s of a vote in elections

26
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Demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than rational argument

27
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Indirect democracy

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What we have today. People vote for their representatives who in turn vote for presidency based on their constituents

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Republic

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A state in which supreme power is held by people and their representatives, who elect presidents not monarchs

29
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Pragmatism

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An ever changing view on the constitution in order to fit the current society needs

30
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Originalism

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To take the constitution word for word with no exception

31
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Marble cake

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Mingling government with functions overlapping across federal and state grounds

32
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Layer cake

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Clear division of governing between federal and state

33
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The elastic clause

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Statement in US constitution that allows congress the power to pass laws necessary and proper for carrying out list of powers

34
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3rd amendment

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Prohibits soldiers from temporarily residing in private homes without consent

35
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4th amendment

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Right to civil privacy. No unlawful searches

36
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5th amendment

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A person has the right not to self incriminate themselves

37
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6th amendment

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Speedy trial. Fair jury. And an attorney

38
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7th amendment

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A jury trial for civil cases in federal courts

39
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8th amendment

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Safeguard Americans against excessive punishment. No cruel or unusual punishments

40
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9th amendment

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Nothing used in the constitution can cancel out something else in the constitution.

41
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SB 1070

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Racial profiling in Arizona

42
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PRISIM

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built directly into social media to collect data on people

43
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XKEYSCORE

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Digital fingerprint

44
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Mystic

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Hardware built into cellphone companies to screen data to government hub

45
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USA PATRIOT ACT

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stands for uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act

46
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Supremacy clause

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Federal government law outweighs state law

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