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14 Cards in this Set
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Cabinet
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A group of advisors to the President.
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Quorum
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Number of officers or members of a body that must be present to legally transact business.
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Tariff
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Tax on imported goods.
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Bond
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Certificate that earns intrest and is redeemed for cash on a specific date.
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Suffrage
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Right to vote.
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Privateer
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An armed private ship comissioned by the government to attack ships of an enemy.
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Nonpartisan
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Free from party affiliation, bias, or designation.
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Nullification
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State declaration of a federal law to be invalid.
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Piracy
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Robbery on the high seas.
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Textiles
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Fabric, especially woven or knitted; cloth.
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Emigration
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Departure from one's place of residence or country to live in another.
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Rio Grande
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River seperating Mexico and the United States.
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Implied power
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Those suggested but not directly stated in the Constitution.
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Enumerated power
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Those mentioned specifically one after another in the Constitution.
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