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Heritage |
The characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to us by our ancestors |
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Patriotism |
A love for one's country and loyalty to it |
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Capital punishment |
The first foundational civil ordinance |
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Freedom |
The price one pays for socialism according to Charles shuman |
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House of Lords |
Upper house of Britain's Parliament |
Like the US Senate |
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House of Commons |
The lower house of Britain's Parliament |
Like the US House of Representatives |
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Senate |
The upper house of US Congress having 100members (2/state) |
Like Britain's House of Lords |
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House of Representatives |
The lower house of the US Congress |
Like Britain's House of Commons |
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Bill |
A proposed law |
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Caucus |
Private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or choose candidates |
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Electoral college |
Group of people elected by citizens of each state in order to elect presidential candidate |
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Executive orders |
Commands by the president that have the force of law |
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Cabinet |
A panel of advisers that make up the heads of the executive departments |
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Bureaucracy |
A large, complex organization made up of appointed officials |
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Plurality |
The highest number of votes won, but less than a majority |
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Represented above the head of the chief justice |
10 commandments |
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Literally means "the people rule" |
Democracy |
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The greatest influence on the English nation |
Bible |
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The model for colonial legislatures and US Congress |
Parliament |
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The article that established the executive branch |
II |
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Came up with the idea of Separation of Powers |
Charles de Montesquieu |
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A temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill |
Conference committee |
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The amendment allowing a president to be elected to only 2 terms and to serve no more than 10 years as the executive |
22 |
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The special group of judges presiding over cases arising out of govt agency decisions |
Administrative-law judges |
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The term referring to the government annually spending more than it receives in revenue |
Deficit spending |
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Who wrote "The Star-spangled Banner"? |
Francis Scott Key |
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The 1st black American to become a 4-star general |
Daniel "Chappie" James |
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The form of government where a ruler exercises unlimited authority and inherits his position |
Absolute monarchy |
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"to rule oneself" |
Autocracy |
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A form of govt where the ruler maintains absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of individuals to the state |
Totalitarian dictatorship |
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The event that had an immeasurable effect on the unity of the colonists and prepared them for future political, economic, and religious liberty |
Great Awakening |
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The member of Parliament who supported the American colonists |
Edmund Burke |
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Who drafted the Declaration of independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What was America's first national constitution called? |
Articles of Confederation |
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The chairman of the Constitutional Convention |
George Washington |
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Which article of the constitution calls it "supreme law of the land"? |
VI |
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How long is a presidential term? |
4 years |
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Who presides over Senate when vice president is absent |
President pro tempore |
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Know how a bill becomes a law. Use the chart in your print outs |
See the chart |
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A type of representative who votes according to his personal judgment rather than the views of his constituents (those who elected him) |
Trustee |
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Powers given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution |
Expressed |
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Qualifications to run for president |
1)natural-born citizen 2)US resident for 14 yrs 3)35 yrs old |
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Three jobs of president |
1)commander in chief 2)chief legislator 3)chief of state |
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The type of govt agency that reports directly to the president and has a single function |
Independent executive agency |
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Joshua 1:8 |
Promises success and prosperity to those who meditate on the laws of God and obey them |
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Type of govt where God rules personally or through a representative |
Theocracy |
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A non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions |
Common law |
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The first representative assembly in the colonies |
House of Burgesses |
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Wrote a famous work on laws of England that explained concepts of natural law and revealed law |
William Blackstone |
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Wrote the final draft of the constitution |
Gouverneur Morris |
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Compromise that combined VA plan and NJ plan to establish the national legislature |
Great or Connecticut Compromise |
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The division of power between state governments and the national govt |
Federalism |
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To draw voting district boundaries in order to purposely favor the party in power |
Gerrymandering |
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The only group that can introduce revenue and appropriations bills in Congress |
House of reps |
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Tuesday following first Monday in November every 4th year |
General Election Day |
Voting for president |
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In what duty role does president appoint Supreme Court justices? |
Chief Executive |
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The groups created to regulate areas of American life |
Regulatory Agencies |
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This interferes with basic freedoms, hinders prosperity, and threatens American heritage |
Government bureaucracy |
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The only vice president nominated by the president and approved by congress |
Gerald Ford |
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Placed the king under the law for the first time in English history |
Magna Carta |
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Strictly limited power of the English monarch after 1689 |
English Bill of Rights |
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Forerunner to written constitution in America |
Mayflower Compact |
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Cut off all trade between American colonies and England and removed colonies from "kings protection" |
Prohibitory Act |
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Formulated basic idea of communism |
Karl Marx |
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Laid foundation for right to trial by jury |
Henry II |
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Convened modern parliament |
Edward I |
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Father of the Constitution |
James Madison |
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First to put communism into practice on large scale |
Lenin |
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Established legislative branch |
Article I |
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Part of constitution describing relationship between states and central govt |
Article IV |
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Gives Congress authority to put into operation both expressed and implied powers |
Necessary and Proper clause |
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Proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states |
Apportionment |
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Type of govt with central govt subordinate to states |
Confederacy |
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The presidential rejection of a bill |
Veto |
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Largest organization within executive office of the president |
Office of management and budget |
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