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bicameral
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2 houses of legislature
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census
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population count
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constituents
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people represented
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gerrymander
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oddly shaped district for more votes
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majority party
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more than half of the senate
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minority party
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less than half of the senate
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speaker of the house
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most powerful in the house of reps
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president pro tempore
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temporary president
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standing committees
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permanent cammittees
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select committees
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created for a special job
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joint committees
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includes members of both houses
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conference committees
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helps with details of a proposed law
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seniority
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years of service
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expressed powers
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spacific powers
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implied powers
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not directly stated
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elastic clause
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congress can stretch its powers
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authorization bills
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creates programs and a budget
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appropriations bills
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provides the money for the program
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impeach
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accuse officials of misconduct in office
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writ of habeas corpus
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cannot send someone to jail w/o telling why
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bills of attender
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laws that punish w/o jury trial
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expost facto laws
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laws made after a crime has been committed
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franking privilege
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job related mail w/o paying postage
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lobbyists
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people higered by private groups to influence the government decision makers
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casework
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troubleshooters for the federal government
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pork-barrel projects
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gov. projects that affect a local or state area
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private bills
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concern individual people or
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public bills
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apply to the entire nation
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joint resolutions
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passed by both houses of congress
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special-interest groups
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self explanitory
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filibuster
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talk a bill to death
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cloture
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no one may speak for more than one hour
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riders
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unrelated ammendments
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voice vote
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all in favor say yes or no
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standing vote
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all in favor stand
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roll call vote
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self explanitory
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pocket veto
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when congress kills a bill
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veto
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when the president refuses to sign a bill
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citizens
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have certain rights and duties
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government
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is the ruling authority for a communtiy
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public policy
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course of gov.; action to achieve community goals
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budget
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guide for collecting and spending money
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dictatorship
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a gov. controled by one person or a small grp of people
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democracy
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where the people rule
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direct democracy
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all citizens have an equal voice
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representative democracy
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where the citizens choose a small grp to represent them
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majority rule
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go by what most people want
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naturalization
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becoming a US citizen
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aliens
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non us citizens in the US
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immagrants
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people who move permanently to a new country
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migration
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moving from one part of the country to another
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patriotism
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love for ones country
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terrorism
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use of violence to achieve a political goal
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mercantilism
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sell more then buy
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boycott
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refuse to buy
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repeal
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cancel
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delegates
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representatives
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independance
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self reliance or freedom from outside control
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constitution
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detaild written plan for a government
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bicameral
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2 parts of govt.
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confederation
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groupd of individuals
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ratified
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approved
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amend
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change
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constitutional convention
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big meeting in piladelphia
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legisltative branch
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lawmakers
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executive branch
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carry out laws
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judicial branch
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system of courts
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great compromise
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way to solve disagreements
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three-fiths compromise
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every 5 slaves counts as 3 votes
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electoral college
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a grp of ppl wou would be named by each state to select the president and vice president
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federalists
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supporters of the constitution
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federalism
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govt with divided powers
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anti-federalists
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against the constitution
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preamble
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explains why the constitution was written
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income tax
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tax on people's earnings
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bill of rights
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the first 10 amendments
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amendment
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any change in the constitution
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popular sovereignty
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piblic right to rule
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rule of law
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the law applys to everyone
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seperation of powers
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splits the government into 3 sections
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checks and balances
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retains the power of all the other branches of govt.
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expressed powers
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enumerated powers
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reserved powers
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powers not given to that natl. govt.
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concurrent powers
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powers on both lvls of the government
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civil liberties
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the freedoms we have to think and act w/o government intrefearence
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petition
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formal request
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search warrent
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permision to inspect a suspects home or buisiness
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indictment
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a formal charge by the grand jury
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grand jury
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review the evidence against the accused
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double jeopardy
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cannot be charged with the same crime twice
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eminent domain
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the right of the government to take private property
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descrimination
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unfair treatment due to prejudice against a certain grp
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segregation
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social seperation of races
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civil rights
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the rights of full citizenship
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affirmative action
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programs to try to make up for past discrimination
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racial profiling
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being singled out due to race
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responsibilities
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things we should do
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duties
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things we are required to do
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draft
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call upon for military service
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tolerance
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treating people politely in spite of their beliefs
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community
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a grp of ppl who share the same interests and concerns
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bureaucracies
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camplex systems with many departments, many rules, and many ppl in the chain of command
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welfare
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the helath, prosperity, and happiness
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volunteerism
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offering your time and services to others w/o payment
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