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26 Cards in this Set
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Chancellor of Germany
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Angela Merkel
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recently announced that he will soon be leaving his administrative position: Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
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Austan Goolsbee
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John Locke
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According to our textbook, this English philosopher's ideas, one of the "moderns", includes the idea that governments should "preserve life, liberty, and property." He is often associated with the ideas of "natural rights" and "social contract theory"
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Who was not at the Philadelphia convention which wrote the constitution?
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Thomas Jefferson
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This person has been indicted on six felony counts and awaits trial?
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John Edwards
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Weiner
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US Congressman from New York admitted to "wrongdoing" and many now want him to resign from Congress
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Aristotle
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The classifications of government according to the one, the few, the many, as presented in our textbook comes from this famous philosopher
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Head of Al Qaeda
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Ayman al-Zawahiri
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Debate between these two candidates in 1960 was so controversial that there were no more such debates for 16 years
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kennedy and nixon
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Leon Panetta
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This person will be the new secretary of Defense in a few days replacing Robert Gates
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"Court Packing Rule" of 1937 is associated with
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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The Democratic party today traces it's roots to
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Thomas Jefferson
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4 people currently in a Cabinet post in Obama presidency
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*Hillary Clinton
*Janet Napolitano *Ray LaHood *Eric Holder |
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Which party would one associate Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon B Johnson, and Patrick Leahy?
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Democrats
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Present attorney general
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Eric Holder
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John Kerry
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The incumbent (present) Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Nancy Pelosi
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Minority Leader of the House
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Who is on the Supreme Court?
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Clarence Thomas
Elena Kagan Sonia Sotomayor Anthony Kennedy |
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Missouri Compromise declared unconstitutional in which case?
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Dred Scott V Stanford
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The current minority leader in US Senate?
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Mitch McConnell
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Majority Leader in US Senate
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Harry Reid
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This person resigned from US Congress recently of a "sexting" scandal
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Anthony Weiner
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Current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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John Roberts
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This political party of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and James Garfield. Also party of Ron Paul
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Republican
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This person recently indicted of International Criminal Court, along with two others, for crimes against humanity
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Kadoffe
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Ron Kirk
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16th United States Trade Representative
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