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Convention of 1787 allows 3 out of 5 slaves to be counted in the census
determining/increasing the population Southern
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| voting prior to Election Day because a voter is going to be unable to vote on Election Day (military, travel). |
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| ability of a party (an individual, or firm, or country) to produce more number of a good product or service than competitors, using the same amount of resources. |
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John Adams was a Founding Father, the first vice president of the United States and the
second president. His son, John Quincy Adams, was the nation's sixth president. |
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| People who work closely with the President and his staff. |
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The body of law that governs the activities of administrative
agencies of government. |
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| Adversarial nature of the judicial process |
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system of law that relies on the contest between each advocate representing his or her party's positions and
involves an impartial person or group of people, usually a jury or judge, trying to determine the truth of
the case. |
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Government program that helps women and minorities gain access to jobs and
school admissions in order to compensate for past discrimination. |
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| A government agency,often an appointed commission that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. |
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| Plan presented during the French and Indian War by Ben Franklin that proposed the unification of the colonies in order to win the war. |
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| Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) |
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law enforcement agency in the Department of Justice that
protects our communities from violent criminals, criminal organizations, the illegal use and trafficking of
firearms, the illegal use and storage of explosives, acts of arson
and bombings, acts of terrorism, and the illegal diversion of alcohol and tobacco products |
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apportionment of productive assets among different uses. Resource allocation arises as an issue because the resources of a society are in
limited supply, whereas human wants are
usually unlimited, and because any given resource can have many alternative uses. |
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(1775-83) Arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13
North American colonies and the col
onial government, which represented the British crown. France entered on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning a civil war into an international conflict. The British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1779, though fighting would not formally end until 1783. |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act |
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| prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities. The ADA also establishes requirements for telecommunications relay services. |
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| Pardon to a large group of people. |
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| the absence of government. |
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| Addition of more land into a city or town. |
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| Opposed the Constitution and thought it lacked a specific list of people’s rights. |
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| apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court. |
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| Federal Court that hears cases on first appeal with a panel of judges to determine whether the trial was fair. |
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| Concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed. |
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| Authority to hear a case after it has been heard in a lower court. |
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| Number of representatives assigned to a state based upon its population. |
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| acquiring of revenue for the government |
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