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17 Cards in this Set
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Sovereignty
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-When a state has the ability to rule absolutely within a given territory
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Representative Democracy
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-People elect representatives who vote on laws for citizens
-Representatives answer to people though regular elections -Representatives held accountable by a constitution (U1) |
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Natural Born Citizen
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-Being born in the U.S or having parents that are U.S citizens
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Direct Democray
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- No representatives, citizens vote on everything directly
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Federalism
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- A country run by two levels of government. (federal and state)
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James Madison's Plan
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The idea to have a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to prevent the abuse of power
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Types of Democracy
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Direct and Representative Democracy
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Features of American Democracy
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3 Branches of Government, State government, Regular elections, constitution
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Bicameral Congress
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A congress that is made up of two houses. (The House of Representatives and the Senate)
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Supreme Court
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-Highest court in the Country
-Decides if laws and cases are constitutional or not (Interpret Laws) -ruling in court cases in the final decision -Made up of 9 Justices (Judges) (U3) |
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Judicial Review
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The power of deciding what is constitutional
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3 Branches of government
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Judicial Branch (Interprets Laws) Legislative Branch (Creates Laws) Executive Branch (Carries out laws)
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Electoral College
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Each State has a group of people called electors who cast the actual votes for president
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Establishment Clause
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No religion or church will be established as the U.S' official religion
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Probable Cause
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Reasonable basis for believing a crime may have been committed
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Exclusionary Rule
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Prevents the government from using evidence they found but were in violation of the constitution (ex. looking for and finding a knife at a suspects house but not having a search warrant)
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Eminent Domain
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Right of the government to take private property for public use, but must compensate property owners
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