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consitution |
written laws and beliefs of an organization to outline its government |
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amend |
modify a legal doc/bill |
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corruption |
dishonest conduct by leader |
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amendment |
minor change to doc/article added to consitution |
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declaration of independence |
statement declaring freedom of 13 colonies from britain |
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annex |
adding territory to territory |
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appeal |
apply to higher court to reverse lower court's decision |
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domestic |
existing/occuring inside country |
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bill |
proposed law's rough draft |
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bill of rights |
first 10 ammendments to constitution to protect citizen's rights |
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civics |
study of citizen's privileges/obligations |
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congress |
national law-making body of U.S. (senate & hourse of reps) |
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house of reps |
1/2 of US congress with 435 elected officials determined by state population |
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Prosecute |
institute legal proceeding against (person/org) |
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ratify |
give consent |
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Judicial branch |
gov. branch charged with interpretation of laws and administration of justice |
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secondary source |
source about history produced that has passed, not experienced |
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senate |
US gov's smaller legislative body, 2 members per state |
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persecution |
to oppress, due to race, views, etc. |
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supreme court |
highest US court, most powerful opinion, responsible for determinig laws consitutionality |
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popular vote |
choice based upon majority in election |
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precedent |
overall decision that must be followed in similar cases |
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primary source |
source of info created at time under study |
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propaganda |
deliberate spreading of false info to get people to think/act differently |