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Activities associated with government of the parties within a government

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Politics

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The government can only govern with the consent of the governed. If the government is violating the people’s natural rights then people have the right to overthrow the government

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Relationship between the government and the governed

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What is a social contract according to Locke

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The people must do as the government say, the government does not take away natural rights, government can only govern with consent.

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Set of attitudes and practices held by a people that shapes their political behavior

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Political culture

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System of government in which power is vested in the people

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Democracy

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Where people vote directly in laws instead of going through representative

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Direct Democracy

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Where population chooses a representative to vote on laws

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Indirect Democracy

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Legislators are elected in multimember districts, the number of seats that a party wins in an election is proportional to the amount of its support among voters

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Proportional Representative electoral system

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One person gets selected by a party to run for office

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Single member district

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The person who runs the country

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Head of government

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Chief public representative of a country

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Head of state

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Article 1

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Legislative branch, it’s powers, members, and workings

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Article 2

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Executive Branch, it’s powers, duties, and means of removal.

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Article 3

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Judicial Branch and defines treason

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Article 4

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Regulates the states powers, and their interaction with the national government

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Article 5

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Amendment process

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Article 6

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Statues of the constitution as the supreme law of the land to which leaders must be loyal

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Article 7

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Addresses ratification and declares that the constitution should take affect if 9 out of 13 states ratify

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To ensure that the law is followed and that the individual rights of citizens are protected

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Government

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Saved the constitutional convention and probably the union. Authored by Roger Sherman, it called for proportional representation in the House, and one representative per state in the senate.

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The Great Compromise

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How to count slaves people whenever it came to deciding how many representatives a state receives

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The 3/5 Compromise

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Due to the separation of powers, no branch of government is necessarily all powerful or more powerful than the other

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Constitution reinforces the idea of a limited government

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The idea that no single branch of government can single handedly implement things

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Separation of powers

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Executive branch can veto bills from legislative branch but the legislative branch can override the veto

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Checks and balances

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This claims that congress had the ability to imply laws

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Necessary and Proper (Elastic) Clause

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States within the U.S. Have to respect the “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

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Full faith and credit clause

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Prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner

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Privileges and Immunity Clause

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Constitution is supreme law of the land

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Supremacy Clause

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What is the process used to amend the constitution?

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Amendment may be proposed either by congress with 2/3 vote in house and senate or by a constitutional convention

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Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, and Petition

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1st Amendment

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Right to bear arms

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Right to not have to quarter soldiers

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3

33
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Right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures

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4

34
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Right to grand jury indictment, no double jeopardy, freedom from self incrimination, due process of law

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Right to be informed of charges , to have defense witnesses, and to have a lawyer.

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36
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Right to a jury trial in civil cases

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37
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Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment

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38
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Guarantee of rights not listed in the constitution

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39
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Rights of states and people

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40
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Slavery is outlawed

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41
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Granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.,” which included former slaves recently freed

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42
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Citizens have the right to vote no matter race

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43
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Women have the right to vote

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44
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Abolition of poll taxes/voting restrictions

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45
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18 year olds are given the right to vote

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46
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Individual rights protected by law from unjust governmental or other interference

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Civil liberties

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Limitation placed upon the U.S. Congress preventing it from passing legislation respecting an establishment of religion

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Establishment Clause

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Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise (of religion)

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Free Exercise Clause

49
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Have secular legislative purpose, have primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion and not foster an excessive government “entanglement” with religion

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Lemon test

Lemon vs Kurtzman

50
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Right to an attorney and not testify against oneself

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Criminal rights

51
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Protection against illegal confinement such as holding a person without changes

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Habeas Corpus

52
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Due process clause

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5th amendment

53
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Evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendants constitutional right is sometimes inadmissible for a criminal prosecution in a court of law (Weeks vs US)

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Exclusionary Rule

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Arrived at by using 4th and 9th amendment, it applied to birth control, abortion, and homosexuality. (Griswold vs Connecticut)

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Right to privacy

55
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Rights of citizens to politic and social freedom and equality

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Civil rights

56
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Right to vote

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Suffrage

57
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Detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional rights to an attorney and against self incrimination

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Miranda vs Arizona

58
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Ruled that a states can in the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy

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Griswold vs Connecticut

59
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Protected a women’s right to an abortions and asking about abortion violated privacy

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Roe vs wade

60
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Ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, we’re not American citizens and could not sue in federal court

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Dred Scott vs Sanford

61
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Upheld the constitutionality of “separate, but equal facilities” based on race

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Plessy vs ferguson

62
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Ruled that segregation in public schools is prohibited by the constitution

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Brown vs Board of education

63
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Ruled it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation public schools

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Engel vs Vitale

64
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Defines the term spouse as a “person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife”

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U.S. Vs Windsor

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A system of shared powers, divided between a central government and the states

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Federal system

66
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Central government had all power shares none with localities or states

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Unitary

67
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Loose organization of states, power is distributed among states, little given to central government

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Confederation

68
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Main source of federal aid to state and local government, used only for specific purposes; helping education or categories of state and local spending

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Categorical Grants

69
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From a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services

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Block grants

70
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Case that ruled that congress has imidd powers; the “Necessary and Proper” clause gave congress the power to establish a national bank.

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McCollough vs Maryland Case

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