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36 Cards in this Set
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What side is Republican on the political spectrum? |
Right |
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What side is Democrat on the political spectrum? |
Left |
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Popular Sovereignty |
People Rule |
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Limited Power of Government |
The government is limited to a set of laws |
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Federalism |
Sharing of powers between State and National Government |
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What State controls? |
Schools, Marriage, Trade between states, Elections |
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What US controls? |
Military, Money, Declarations of War, Foreign Policy |
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What do both control? |
Welfare, Taxes, Utilities, Banks, School Lunch, Criminal Justice |
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Separation of Powers |
Dividing of Power between Branches of the Government |
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What are the 3 branches? |
Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
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Job of Executive Branch? |
Enforce Laws |
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Job of Legislative Branch? |
Make Laws |
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Job of Judicial Branch? |
Interpret the Law and Solve Criminal Cases |
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Texas Executive Branch |
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General |
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Texas Legislative Branch |
Texas Senate and House of Representatives |
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Texas Judical Branch |
Texas Supreme Court |
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Checks and Balances |
Each Branch of the USA can "check" the other two branches, so that no branch of government becomes too powerful |
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Republicanism |
Ruled by elected representatives |
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Individual Rights |
Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Peaceful Assembly, Petition to the Government, Bare Arms (Contention), Rejecting the Quartering of Soldiers, Preventing Search of Property without a warrant or probable cause, due process, having a speedy trial, having a trial by jury, and preventing of cruel punishment. |
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2 types of municipal government |
Mayor-Council and Council-Manager |
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How do mayors elected? |
By majority of voters |
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What are the 2 types of Mayor-Council? |
Strong Mayor and Weak Mayor |
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How is Strong Mayor run? |
Runs daily operations, Appoints Department Heads, Can veto council's decisions |
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How is Weak Mayor run? |
Shares power with council |
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How is Council Manager run? |
By council making decisions and manager executing them |
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Does Plano have Mayor-Council or Council Manager? |
Council Manager |
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How many council places are in Plano? |
8 |
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What does serve at large mean |
All council members represent Plano and vise versa |
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Current mayor of Plano? |
Harry LaRosiliere |
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Current Governor of Texas? |
Greg Abbott |
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Economy |
How a government controls its wealth and resources |
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Capitalism (Free Market) |
Owning Businesses, Choosing Jobs, Buying of goods, Little government regulation, Inequality |
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Petroleum |
Oil and Natural Gas |
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Agribusiness |
Agriculture+Business |
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Diversification |
Putting Resources into muliple industires |
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Industries of Texas |
Petroleum, Agriculture, Petrochemical, Computer, Telecommunication, Aerospace, Service, Real Estate, Tourism |
