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16 Cards in this Set

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Who Americans Are
What is diversity? Race
Gender
Occupation
Socioeconomic Status
Economic Terms
Economy- a system for producing and distributing goods and services to fulfill people's wants
Consumer- a person who uses, or consumes, goods and services to satisfy his or her needs
Obeying the speed limit is an example of
a duty
Government & Voice
Legislature- a group of people chosen to make laws
Charter- a document giving permission to create a government
The Legislative Branch
Describes and organizes the powers of the legislature (Congress)
Congress is divided into a House of Representatives and the Senate
The mos important power of Congress is to make laws
1st Amendment
Topic: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Congress shall make no law
Standing Commitees
16 Permanent Standing Committees in the Senate
19 Permanent Standing Committees in the House
The committee studies the bill, holds public hearings, proposes any necessary changes... then decides whether to recommend the Bill to the House or Senate
The Supreme Court
Judicial Review- the power to overturn any law that the Court decides is in conflict e/ the Constitution
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Marbury sued Madison because he didn't get a ob promised to him by Madison
Cheif Justice John Marshall wrote that "the Court had a sworn duty to uphold the Constitution, it also had the responsibility to declare unconstitutional any law that violated the Constitution"
Judicial Review was created
Types of Local Government
Local Governments are created by the states and have only the powers that they are given by the states
County governments are our oldest units of government
Criminal Law
Crime- any behavior that is illegal because the government consider it to be harmful to society
A crime may be an act or failure to act
Something cannot be a crime unless there is a specfic written law against it
Civil Law
Burden of Proof- preponderence of the evidence
Participants in the Criminal Justice System
The Government
The Victim
Society is always a victim inn a criminal case
Charges filed are determined by the government, not by the victim
Which of the following are true about the Articles of Confederation?
The states had most of the power
Congress has what kind of powers?
Delegated Powers
The 9th Amendment states that citizens' rights are not limited to those stated in the Constitution. What are those rights called?
Unenumerated Rights
English Bill of Rights
Further limited the powers of the King, listed citizens' rights