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10th Grade
01/17/2011

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Term
Triangular
Trade
Definition
slave trade through 3 regions
- Europe - American Colonies - West Africa
Term
Wants
Definition
are things that we would like to have
ex: - entertainment - vacations - etc...
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that makes our lives enjoyable
Term
Competition
Definition
is the struggle between buyers and sellers to get the best products at the lowest prices
Term
Term Limits
Definition
will place hard limits on the number of terms that only legislator could serve consecutively
Term
Town
Managers
Definition
charged with the responsibility for a smoothly functioning government on a daily basis
Term
Natural
Resources
Definition
are the "GIFTS OF NATURE" that make production possible
Term
Sons
of
Liberty
Definition
protest group that refused to buy British products wore homespon clothes, planted liberty trees + organized boycotts against the English parliaments
Term
Remanding
Definition
sending a case back to the district court for retail
Term
County
Managers
Definition
EXECUTES LAWS
Term
Resources
Definition
are the things used in making goods and providing services
Term
Indentured
Servants
Definition
white laborers hired to work under contract for a certain number of years
Term
House of
Burgesses
Definition
where representatives meet
or
Americas first representative legislature or lawmaking body
Term
House of
Burgesses
Definition
where representatives meet
or
Americas first representative legislature or lawmaking body
Term
House of
Burgesses
Definition
where representatives meet
or
Americas first representative legislature or lawmaking body
Term
House of
Burgesses
Definition
where representatives meet
or
Americas first representative legislature or lawmaking body
Term
discretionary
spending
Definition
is government expenditures that must be approved each year
Term
Adam
Smith
Definition
the idea of free market capitalism was first put forth by him
Term
Private
Bills
Definition
proposal for a law that would apply to a particular individuals or corporate entity
Term
concurrent
powers
Definition
are held by both the states + the federal government + may be exercised simultaneously within the same territory + the relation to the same body of citizens
Term
Reserved
Powers
Definition
the powers not give to the federal government + kept by the states are known as reserved powers
Term
Municipalities
Definition
are either cities, towns, +/or villages
Term
Regressive
Taxations
Definition
the percentage of taxes that you pay go down as your income decreases
Term
Entrepreneurs
Definition
are individuals who start a new business, introduces new products, and improves existing processes
Term
Profit
Motive
Definition
encourages individuals and organizations to improve their material well being
Term
1st Amendment
Definition
part or bill of rights
-5 parts
*freedom of speech
*freedom of religion
*freedom of petition the government
*right to assemble
*freedom of press
Term
electoral college
Definition
is an indirect method for electing the president
Term
laws
Definition
are sets of rules that allow people to live together peacefully
Term
competition
Definition
is the struggle between buyers + sellers to get the BEst products at the lowest prices
Term
Profit
Definition
amount of money left over after all the costs of production have been paid
Term
profit motive
Definition
encourages individuals and organizations to improve their material well-being
Term
voluntary exchange
Definition
is the act of buyers + sellers FREELY + WILLINGLY engaging in market transactions
Term
needs
Definition
REQUIRED of our SURVIVAL
ex: food, clothing, shelter, etc.
Term
scarcity
Definition
whenever we DO NOT have enough resources to produce all the things we would like to have
Term
federalist
#10
Definition
essay written by james madison + the tenth of the ferderalists papers

series arguing for the ratification of the united states
Term
party whips
Definition
an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature
Term
censorship
Definition
counter intelligence achieve by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
Term
toleration
acts
Definition
provided for varying degrees of religious liberty in the american colonies

the law required taxpayers to support to Puritan Churches
Term
sherman anti-trust act
Definition
to protect us from monopolies, gov't passed act in 1890, which banned businesses that prevent competition
Term
President Pro
Tempore of
The Senate
Definition
second highest-ranking official of the US senate + the highest-ranking senator
Term
outsourcing
Definition
occurs when an american company moves its manufacturing facilities to another country in an attempt to cut costs
Term
county
commissioners
Definition
a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in local government in some states of the US
Term
local education authority
Definition
controls school systems
set guidelines for school to allow
Term
free exercise clause
Definition
accompanying clause with the establishment clause of the first amendment
Term
economics
Definition
study of how we make decision in a worl in which resources are limited
Term
microeconomics
Definition
SMALL economic units
-business + people
Term
macroeconomics
Definition
BIG picture
-economy as a WHOLE
Term
economic system
Definition
ways of producing the things its people want and need
Term
free enterprise capitalism
Definition
country's economic system
private businesses own + use the factors of production in order to seek a profit
Term
laissez-faire
economics
Definition
french term that means,
" TO LET ALONE "
Term
natural rights
Definition
are right give to human beings by God that cannot be taken away by any government
Term
natural rights
Definition
are right give to human beings by God that cannot be taken away by any government
Term
necessary +
proper clause
Definition
aka elastic clause, basket clause, coefficient clause, sweeping clause
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establishes the "implied powers", by which congress has authority to pass legislation in areas not specifically listed in the constitution
Term
incumbents
Definition
existing holder of a political office
Term
right to petiton
Definition
incorporation doctorine later expanded the protection of its rights to its current scope overall state and federal courts ,etc.
Term
social contract
Definition
an agreement among the people in a society
Term
popular sovereignty
Definition
people rule/or have all society's power
Term
Declaration
of
Independence
Definition
document recording th proclamation of the 2nd continental congress asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Term
public bills
Definition
which apply to everyone within their jurisdiction
Term
magistrates
Definition
judicial officer; in ancient rome
Term
trade sanctions
Definition
efforts made by the president that punish nations by imposing trade barriers
Term
salutary neglect
Definition
allowed colonists to govern themselves most of the time with little interference from parliament
Term
socialism
Definition
is the belief that the factors of production should be owned + controlled by society either directly or through the government
Term
capital
Definition
is the use of manufactured goods to make other goods and services
Term
treaties
Definition
paper president signs with another country -contract - agreement
Term
executive agreements
Definition
are agreements made between the president nd the leaders of another nation that does not require senate apporval
Term
monarch
Definition
KING OR QUEEN
Term
civil liberties
Definition
rights + freedoms that protect an individual from the state
Term
federal budget
Definition
is the blueprint of how the government will raise + spend money
Term
Karl Marx
Definition
argued that deprived workers would violently overthrow all of the capitalists who controlled the factors of production
Term
markets
Definition
are places where the prices of good and services are determined as individual exchange goods and services
Term
monoplies
Definition
occur when one business controls the entire market and become the only provider of certain goods and services
Term
socialism
Definition
the belief that the factors of production should be owned and controlled by society either deirectly or through the government
Term
communism
Definition
an economic system in which the central government controls ALL MAJOR economic activities
Term
command economy
Definition
the direct opposite of FREE market capitalism
Term
mixed economy
Definition
individuals carry on their economic affairs freely ut are often subject to governmental intervention
Term
consumer sovereignty
Definition
WE THE PEOPLE decide are KING cause WE decide what products will be produced and consumed
Term
private property rights
Definition
we have the freedom to own and use our own property as we do not interfere with the rights of others
Term
embargo
Definition
agreements amoung group of nations that prohibits them from trading with the nation that is being punished
Term
magna carta
Definition
the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons
Term
Local Laws
Definition
laws that only apply to specific individuals or regions of the state
Term
statutes
Definition
laws that apply to citizens across that state
Term
referendum
Definition
legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
Term
legislative oversight
Definition
allows legislators to learn how well laws are working + how efficient or inefficient the government is operating
Term
federalist papers
Definition
meant to persuade people to accpet the new constitution as it was written
Term
district courts
Definition
decides if your guilty or innocent
Term
republic
Definition
balance 'DIRECT' RULE by the PEOPLE
Term
freedom of assemble
Definition
the right to peaceably assemble + to petition the government for redress of grievance
Term
appeals courts
Definition
DOESN'T HOLD TRAILS
Term
exclusive jurisdiction
Definition
the provision made in the US constitution in legislation
Term
foreign policy
Definition
is a nations plan for dealing with nations
Term
demand curve
Definition
graph showing how the demand for a commodity or service varies with changes in its price.
Term
Winner Takes All System
Definition
270 votes = winner takes all
V I C T O R Y ; fame ; glory ; spoils
Term
mayors
Definition
head of a city government
Term
NC LL Governor
Definition
president of the NC senate
Term
plantations
Definition
a large farm or estate
Term
franking privilege
Definition
the privilege for the US members of congress to send their constituents official mail addressing matters of public concern or public service under the members signature without postage
Term
counties
Definition
large territorial and political subdivisions in NC
Term
proportional taxation
Definition
takes the same percent of income from everyone regardless of how much you make
Term
the preamble
Definition
introduction + explanation statement in a document that explains the documents main purpose
Term
marginal benefits
Definition
is the additional satisfaction or benefit received when one more unit is produced
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