Job Knowledge Flashcards

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When was the Panama Canal constructed

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1914- connected Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. 1977 Torrijos-carter treaties = Panamanian control of the canal after 1999. US left in 1999.

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2
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Marshall Plan

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1948 President Truman signed economic recovery act - US can support postwar Europe

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3
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Difference between mediation and conciliation

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Mediation = neutral third party assisting disputing parties
Conciliation = parties seek to reach an amicable dispute with a neutral 3rd party

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4
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Reverse delegation

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Situation where manager delegates task to his/her direct report, but ends up takes it back for whatever reason

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5
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Religion with most followers globally

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Christianity 2.1 billion

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6
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Rank of the top 4 religions in order

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  1. Christianity
  2. Islam
  3. Hinduism
  4. Buddhism
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7
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Strait that links Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean

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Bab Al-mandab strait

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8
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What strait is between gulf of Oman and Persian gulf / who controls it

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Strait of Hormuz

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9
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Bosphorous strait

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Part of continental boundary between Europe and Asia, separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey

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10
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Malacca strait

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Between Malay peninsula and Indonesian island of Sumatra

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Standard deviation

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Statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean

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12
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Variance (in stats)

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Spread between numbers in a dataset . Used to determine how far each number is from the mean and from every other number in the set . The average of the squared differences of the mean

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13
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14th amendment

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Full citizenship to all people born or naturalized in US. Equal protection of all people. no state shall deprive any person of life liberty or property without due process- if not, it must serve government interest

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14
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13th amendment

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Freed slaves

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15
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15th amendment

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African American right to vote

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16
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16th amendment

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Federal income tax

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17
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17th amendment

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How many senators are allowed / their votes

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18
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19th amendment

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Women could vote

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19
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13th amendment - 19th amend

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Equality / reconstruction post civil war

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20
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bill of rights (first 10 amendments)

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1-4 = citizen rights
5-8 = rights of suspects

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21
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Radio station created to fight communism and fall Fidel Castro

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Radio Martin (after cuban National hero Jose marti)

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22
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Montreal protocol

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Protected ozone layer . Hole was reported in the 80s

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23
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1970 boundary treaty

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Settled boundary disputes between US and Mex and rio grande

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24
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1974 threshold test band treaty

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Nuclear threshold of tests between US and USSR

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25
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Ad valorem tax

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Tax based on value of a transaction or property (value added tax, sales tax, property tax)

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26
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Push communication / pull communication

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Push: from sender to receiver ex: memos, letters, and emails.
Pull : Providing access to info

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27
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11th amendment

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Makes states immune from suits out of state citizens not living within state borders

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28
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Central clearance

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Review of all executive brand testimony, reports, and draft legislation by office of management and budget to ensure that each communication to congress is in accordance with the presidents program

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29
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Tragedy of commons

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Economic theory that occurs when individuals neglect the well-being of society in pursuit of personal gain

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30
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Prisoners dilemma

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Situation where two parties separated and unable to communicate must choose between cooperating with each other or not

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31
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Kyoto protocol

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International treaty to reduce GGH

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32
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Which President served on Supreme Court

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William Taft (President during 1909-1913)

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33
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Who designed Mount Rushmore

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Gutzon borglum

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34
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Square deal

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1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt - promoted conservation, control of corps, consumer protection

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35
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New deal

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Social liberal programs by Franklin d Roosevelt 1933-1938

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36
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The great society

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Lyndon b Johnson 1964-1965 domestic policies (Medicare and Medicaid)

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37
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Angel island

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Primary immigration location for Chinese immigrants

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38
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Castle garden

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First immigration station for the US

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39
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What is on the back of a 100 bill

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Independence hall

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40
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What is on the back of a 2$ bill

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Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence

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41
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Which 5 permanent members make up the UN Security Council

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China france Russia UK and US

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42
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Brundtland commission

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Sustainable development (1984-1987)

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43
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LAN/ WAN

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Local area network
Wide area network

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44
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How are American controlled territories (non states) represented in congress

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They each e elect a non voting representative to the US House of Representatives

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45
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Oklahoma City bombing

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1955, deadliest terrorist attack in US history before 9/11 (still is deadliest domestic terrorism)

46
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How many states needed to ratify constitution

47
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Financial crisis of 2007-2008 chair of federal reserve

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Ben bernanke

48
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Paul volker

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Chair of fed reserve from 1979-1987

49
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Alan Greenspan

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Chair of fed reserve from 1987-2006

50
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Janet yelen

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Chair of fed bank from 2014-2018

51
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Vietnam war occured when

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1960s -1970s

52
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The gulf war (aka operation desert shield and operation desert storm)

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Iraq invading kuwait in the 90s, wanting to gain the nations large oil reserves, cancelling debt Iraq owed Kuwait and expanding Iraqi power. military conflict between Iraq and coalition of 35 nations led by US. India was not involved

53
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25th amendment

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John Tyler taking office when Harrison died and immediately becoming president - established presidential succession

54
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The us spends about how much on foreign aid

55
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The head of the national security council is the

56
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The house of rep has how many voting members

57
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Opportunity cost

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The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen

58
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Dayton agreement

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Peace for Bosnia and herz in 1995

59
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How many times has the US constitution been changed

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27 times , 27 amendments

60
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The secret service was founded why and under which dept

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Founded to stop counterfeit currency, and was housed in dept of treasury. Currently it is in the dept of homeland security

61
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Keynesianism

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Advocates government and public sector spending to boost the economy. It is believed that higher government spending in a recession can help the economy recover more quickly.

62
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Cloture

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End a senate filibuster by a supermajority vote of 60 senators

63
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Detente

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Peaceful coexistence between US and USSR

64
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First woman to serve as a us senator for a full term

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Hattie wyatt caraway

65
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Supply side economics

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Advocates for Lower marginal tax rates as an incentive to work, allow people to keep more money they earn, and boost economic growth

66
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Suez Canal crisis

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Happened in 1956, Egyptian govt siezed control of the canal. The canal proclaimed access to middle eastern oil, egypts actions were seen as a threat to cut off europes oil supply.

67
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Monroe doctrine

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1823 doc stating that the US didn’t want European powers interfering in western hemisphere

68
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Henry David thoreau

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Naturalist and essayist. Wrote Walden and civil disobedience- credited as influencing MLK

69
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Council of Econ advisers advises who

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The President

70
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Gulf of Tonkin

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Presidential discretion for US forces in Vietnam

71
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Libertarians

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Stress properly rights are essential and primary

72
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The President must inform who before a covert intelligence operation

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Congressional intelligence committees

73
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term containment during Cold War

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Halt influence of USSR- introduced by george Kennan and applied in Truman doctrine of 1947

74
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Who is the nonpartisan advisor to the senate on procedural issues

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The parliamentarian

75
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Which African country had first permanent military base

76
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Baker v carr

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One person one vote . States must fairly represent their populations in legislative districts

77
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Sykes picot agreement in 1916

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Between Britain and france, and divided Ottoman Empire into territories. Iran was not part of the Ottoman Empire so wasn’t affected by the agreement

78
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What is the minimum Age requirement for serving as a US house of rep

79
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9th amendment

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Silent or unwritten, protects unenumerated rights- those not explicitly mentioned in constitution

80
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Fiscal v monetary policy

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Fiscal = collective term for taxing and spending actions of govts, monetary = management of interest rates, money in circulation, and usually carried out by central banks like US fed reserve

81
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Marbury v Madison

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Established principle of judicial review

82
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US Dept. of State was established when

83
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US Dept. of State was established when

84
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Rogers Act 1924

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Created US foreign service. Post ww2, us = superpower, expanded foreign service

85
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Which agency does not have representatives serving us embassies abroad?

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Energy (those who do: agriculture, commerce, homeland security)

86
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Which agency does not have representatives serving us embassies abroad?

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Energy (those who do: agriculture, commerce, homeland security)

87
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McCullough vs Maryland 1819

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SC ruled Congress had authority to establish a federal bank

88
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Gibbons v Ogden 1824

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SC establishing by the principle that states cannot interfere with power of Congress to regulate commerce

89
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Dred Scott v Sandford

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SC ruled that living in a free state / territory did not entitle Scott his freedom because he was an enslaved man, he was not a citizen but another persons property

90
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Supremacy clause

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Federal law generally takes precedence over any conflicting state law

91
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War of 1812

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Most often reason was said bc of impressment of American soldiers by UK. UK was also trying to infiltrate US, and had expanded into territory occupied by native Americans. DC WH burned in 1814 . Treaty of Ghent ended the war

92
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Louisiana purchase 1803

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Purchased from napoleon (france) so that every man could have his own small farm. (Bought mid section of US)

93
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Marbury v Madison 1803

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Supreme Court gave itself the power of judicial review - which allows it to uphold or invalidate federal laws

94
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1800- Gabriel’s rebellion

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First slave uprising, organized by Richmond VA blacksmith - was figured out beforehand, 75 slaves hung

95
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1st Secretary of State

96
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Adams passed alien act and sedition act 1798

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Restricted immigration and speech in US. Alien act: lengthened time it took to become a citizen
Sedition act: made it a crime to critique govt

97
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Yom Kippur war 1973

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Aka Arab Israeli war, or Ramadan War , when Arab coalition (led by Egypt and Syria) launched surprise attack on Israel during Yom Kippur.

98
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Suez Canal

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Artificial sea level waterway in Egypt connecting Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea

99
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Just In Time (JIT)

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Inventory philosophy developed in Japan that employs a trigger that signals when products are needed and should then be ordered

100
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States education and cultural affairs bring non us citizens to us for graduate study with which program

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Hurbert Humphrey Fellowship Program

101
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Member states voted in the World Bank are decided based on

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The amount of economic funds donated to the organization

102
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Cesar Chávez

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Key figure supporting equal rights and better conditions for migrant workers

103
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Nominal data

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Qualitative data that categorizes variables into groups without a numerical value or order

104
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Ordinal data

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Variables have natural ordered categories

105
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Total tax revenues have historically made up what percent of US economy

106
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Demand side economics

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Advocates for increased spending on public goods

107
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Residence Act

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Gave authority to President george Washington for where to place capital

108
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In his farewell address Eisenhower warned against

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The military industrial complex

109
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5 domains of warefare identified by pentagon

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Land, sea, air, space and cyberspace

110
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Dodd Frank act

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Passed in 2010 and created CFPB (Wall Street, reform financial system after 2007-2008 financial crisis)

111
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Fair deal

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Domestic agenda of Harry Truman between 1945-1953 . Increased minimum wage, expanded social security