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47 Cards in this Set
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absentee ballot
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allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day
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absolute monarch
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monarch that has complete and unlimited power to rule the people
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acquittal
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a vote of not guility
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affirmative action
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programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities
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alien
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noncitizen
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ambassador
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an official representative of a country's government
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amend
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to change
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amnesty
pardon |
to pardon a group of people
to wave the punishment to a crime |
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Anti-Federalists
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those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
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antitrust law
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legislation to prevent new monopolies from forming and police those that already exist
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apartheid
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system of laws that seperate racial and ethnic groups and limited the rights of blacks in South Africa
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appeals court (jurisdiction)
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a court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts (the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court)
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apportion
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divide among district
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appropriations bill
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legislation earmarking funds for certain purposes
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arbitration
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situation in which union and company officials submit the issues they cannot agree on to a third party for a final decision
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arraignment
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hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads guility or not guility
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articles of partnership (partnership)
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formal legal papers specifying the arrangement between partners (a business owned by two or more people)
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at-large election
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an election for an area as a whole, ex) statewide
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authoritarian
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government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
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automatic stabilizer
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program that automatically provides benefits to offset change in people's incomes
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bail
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a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for trial
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balance of trade
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the difference between the value of the nation's exports and it's imports
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balanced budget
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annual budget in which expenditures equal revenues
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bill of attainder
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a law that punishes a person without a trial or fair hearing in court
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Constitution (Bill of Rights)
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a detailed, written plan for government (first 10 amendments)
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board of directors
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people elected by the shareholders of a corporation to act on their behalf
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bond
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contract to repay borrowed money with interest at a specific time in the future
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budget resolution
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congressional document that shows total spending and revenues for a year and how much will be spent in various categories
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bureaucracy
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complex systems with many departments, many rules and many people in the chain of command
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business cycle
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alternating periods of growth and ecline that the economy goes through
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cabinet
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a group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 14 top-level executive departments
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capital
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previously manufactured goods used to make other goods and services
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casework
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the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem
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caucus
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meeting of political party members to conduct party business
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central bank
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an institution that lends money to other banks, also the place where the government does its banking business
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certificate of deposit
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timed deposit that states the amount of the deposit, maturity and the rate of interest being paid
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charter
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written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments; or a government document granting permission to organize a corporation
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checking account
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account in which deposited money can be withdrawn at any time by writing a check
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checks and balances
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a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain the power of the others
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circuit
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the area of jurisdiction of a federal court of appeals
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city charter
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a document granting power to a local government
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civics
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the study of the rights and duties of the citizens
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civil liberties
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freedoms to think and act without government interference of fear of unfair legal treatment
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civil rights
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the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
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civil service system
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the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit
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civil service worker
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a person hired into a federal position
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civilian labor force
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all civilians 16 years old or older who are either working or looking for work
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