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15 Cards in this Set
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Absentee Voting
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Provisions made for citizens that can't get to their normal polling places on election days.
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Acquit
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Found not guilty.
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Adjourn
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Suspend (in court or Congress)
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Administration
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Executive branch officials & their policies & principles.
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Affirmative Action
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Makes employers create reparations for past discriminations.
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Ambassador
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A legit representative of the U.S. appointed by the president to negotiate internationally and maintain relations.
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Amnesty
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Forgiveness to law violators.
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Appellate
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Having to do with appeals.
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Apportion
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Distribute. (seats in office)
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Assessment
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Determining the value of property to be taxed.
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Assimilation
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One culture merging into and becoming a part of another culture.
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At-Large Election
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Election of an officeholder by voters of the whole governmental unit, not one subunit.
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Attorney General
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Head of the Department of Justice.
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Authoritarian
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Government that hold absolute power over the people. (dictatorship)
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Autonomous
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Independent
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