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| The process by which the U.S citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by congress in the immigration and nationality act. |
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| Government that has the highest form of citizen participation |
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Lockes' beliefs on
A. State of Nature
B. State of War'
C. Fundamental Principle |
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A. All men are free to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think to fit, within the bounds of the law of nature.
B. Enmity and destruction brought about by one persons pre-meditated attempts upon another's life
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Hobbes' beliefs on
A. State of Nature
B. State of War |
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A. Nature condition human being lack of government which is an authority created by men
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| U.S. Congressmen of the 16th District in IL? |
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| State Congressional Representative in the 106th District in IL? |
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| List the Commonalities between IL Republicans and Democrats. |
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| Both have strong candidates who have never run for office under their party label. |
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| What is Social Contract Theory? |
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| View that persons moral or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. |
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| Where do we get our ideas of democracy from and what does it literally stand for? |
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| Ancient Athens. The People |
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| Be able to identify a Democratic or Republican issue |
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| What is the significance of the Magna Carta? |
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| First constitutional text and important document on the path of democracy |
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| Why was the Mayflower compact established? |
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| For self-government to be created and enfore America |
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| What was the 1st document that gave us our 1st outline of Government? |
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| What is English Common Law |
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| Legal system governing England and wales comprising criminal law and civil law |
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Civil Liberties
A. Writs of Habeas Corpus
B. Rights of the Accused
C. Cruel and Unusual Punishment
D. Search and Seizure
E. Freedom of Assembly
F. Freedom of Speech
G. Freedom of Religion |
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A. Used to bring a party who has been criminally convicted in state court into federal court.
B. Right to trial by jury, trial in a timely manner
C. Eighth amendment
D. Fourth amendment
E. First
F. First
i. Slander
ii. Student
iii. Symbolic
G. Right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances |
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| Understand the Jurisdiction |
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| What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean |
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| American colonist being taxed by a British parliament to which they elected no representatives. |
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| Purpose of the Philadelphia Convention? |
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| What happens at the Constitution Convention? |
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| Father of the Constitution.. |
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| Why did the farmers want the legislative branch to be the most powerful? |
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| Beliefs of the Federalists.. |
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| Strong central government |
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| Beliefs of the Anti-Federalists |
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| Explain Separation of Powers.. |
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| A fundamental principle of the united states government, whereby powers, and responsibilities are divided among the legislative branch, executive brand and judicial branch |
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What does the due process clause help citizens with?
A. Which Amendment? |
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Prohibit government from taking a person's life, liberty or property
A. Fourth and fifth |
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| 1st ten amendments to the Constitution are called.. |
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| Which article to the Constitution allows for changes to be made to the law of the land? |
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| Section of the Constitution that lists our national goals |
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Which amendment lowers the Voting age to 18?
A. What major event occurred to spur this amendment? |
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26th Amendment
A. World War II |
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Reconstruction Amendments.. What did they do?
A. 13th
B. 14th
C. 15th |
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Bane slavery
A. Abolish slavery
B. Citizenship rights and equal protection of laws
C. Prohibits the federal and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race and color |
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Know the responsibilities of the branches of government..
A. Legislative
B. Executive
C. Judicial
i. Know the levels of the courts as well |
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A. Creates law
B. Enforce law
C. Interrupt laws |
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| What Freedoms can the government limit? |
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| Nations security, public order, morals |
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| Congress ability to decide what is nessaccery and proper |
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