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| Case that established the precedent of "clear and present danger" when determining what is free speech? |
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| Famous case that declared segregation to be illegal in the public setting? |
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| Brown V. Board of education |
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| Case which was used to expand the right to an attorney to all felony cases? |
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| Case which set exclusionary rules to use of evidence found In police searches? |
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| Case which established the mandate of one person one vote?? |
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| Case that established the reading of specific rights to the accused criminal at arrest? |
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| Case which tested free speech and established that non violent, non disruptive protest is protected speech |
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| Supreme court case that established school personal could search students while at school? |
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| Case that challenged affirmative action laws and mandated that quotas can not be used? |
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| Case that determined flag burning was protected as free speech |
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| Group of people with similar beliefs about government? |
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| When two or more parties compete for control and many times a coalition government has to be formed? |
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| Term that describes when two or more parties join together In order to make a majority Ina multi-party system? |
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| A person who favors less government or a government that is less invovled In peoples lives and is less open to reforming ideas? |
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| Term that describes people who want more government involvement and are more open to reform? |
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| A person who is somewhere between liberal and conservative? |
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| Term for a district or area? |
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| Term that describes a public document that explains what the party believes? |
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| Term that refers to what the party's policy is on a single issue? |
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| Meeting held every four years? |
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| Movement that is begun by the people? |
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| Elections that do not allow the use of political parties? |
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| Generic term for what the majority of the public may believe on an issue? |
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| Group of people with similar beliefs about an issue? |
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| Term that refers to a person who has already formed an opinion or listens only to one side? |
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| Term that refers to a person who hasn't made a decision and is willing to go listen to all sides of an issue? |
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| Act of trying to influence legiators to support a certain issue? |
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| All the people who are eligible to vote In an election? |
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| Term that refers to the idea that people do not care about politicL issues? |
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| Process of selecting candidates to run for office? |
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| Special elections which are usually held around may that are used to nominate candidates? |
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| Process of using advertisements against your opponent? |
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| Groups that are formed In order to raise monEy for candidates running for office? |
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| Proposed legislation that would limit the Amount or money used by candidates to run for office because of the influence that the campaign donors may recieve |
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| Term that refers to the way most elections are won, not by Majority bit by getting the most votes |
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| Process where voters uncertain states are able to put proposed legislation on the general ballOt to be approved or rejected by voters? |
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| Proceeds where legislators place proposed bills on the general ballot for approval after the legislators have passed the bill? |
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| A voter may encounter one of these when exiting voting places? |
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| Voting for only one party |
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| Voting for candidates from either political party |
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| Voting that is done before election day because unable to vote on election day? |
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| Speci election between two candidates who did not achieve a majority of the vote |
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| Head of the state executive branchand leader of the stare goverent |
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| Elected person that is similAr to the vice president but on the state level |
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| Name foe the north Carolina legislAture |
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| Recent north Carolina case about funding issues In locAl goverents |
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| Local version pc the constitution |
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| Group of people who govern the affairs of the county government |
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| Hired official who runs the day to day operations of county or city governments |
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| Local law enforcement officer |
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| Local medical officer who establishes the cause of death and conducts autopsies |
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| Local official who is responsible for the upkeep of all county records |
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| Local official who is incharge of prosecuting criminal cases on the local level |
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| Official recognition from the state of a local governments power |
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| Term that refers to addition of more land into a city or town |
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| Type of city goverenment with an all Elected leadership |
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| Type of city government with an elected council who makes law and a hired official who carries out those policies |
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| Group of officials who make determinations about what type of buildings and the uses of the buildings that are allowed n certain areas |
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| Most important local tax source based ona persons belongings and is a very stable form of taxes |
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| Type of charge that someone who actually uses a service is charged? |
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| Laws that are based o. Agreements and conflicts between individuals |
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| Right of americans to be released if they are not formally charged with a crime after being detained by police |
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| Type of law that would punish a person without a trial? |
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| Type of law that might try to punish someone for an act in the past that is now considered illegal? |
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| Term explaining the idea that an accident was caused the caresless actions of Another person |
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| Court order to stop an action |
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| Legal term for the laws, statutes, passed by our government |
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| Legal term for taking the property of another person |
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| Legal term for taking someones property money through false statements of trickery |
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| LegAl term foe how a person steals from their employer |
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| Idea that punishments are used in order to help someone be a better citizen |
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| Laws that require judges impose certain sentences uncertain situations |
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| Formal process of a grand jury finding that enough evidence exists to take a defendant to court |
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| Coirt hearin when a defendant issues their plea of guilty or not guilty |
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| Process where a defendant agrees to plead guilty on order to receive a lighter punishment |
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| Legal term for the people who represent the government ina criminal case |
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| Term that refers to the questioning of q witness by the attorney on the opposing side with the intent of discrediting that witness testimony |
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| People who aren't yet of age |
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| Idea that there is a limit of goods In the world |
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| value assigned to a product according to the forces of the supply and deman |
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| Economic idea that suppliers will sully more of a product as the price goes up |
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| Economic idea that buyers will deman more of a product as price decrease |
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| Point where supply curve and the demand curve intersect |
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| Situation when demAnd is greater than the supply of a product |
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| Situation when supply is greater than demand |
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| IdeA that a persons demand for a product will reach a max no matter the price |
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| Idea that supplier will reach a point when increased production will not increase profits |
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| Economic term for the amount of work produced ina given amount of time |
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| Term describing the situation when one nation produces a product better or cheaper than other nations |
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| Idea of dividing labor Into individual tasks I order to increase productivity |
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| Economic idea that larger business can operate at a more efficient rate because of it's bulk |
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| Economic idea that a person Loses the chance to do something when you make a choice |
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| Economic idea that you deliberately make a decision on do so knowing the other options would be lost |
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| Land, labor, resources, management |
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| Money used to start or run a business |
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| Machines or tools that are used to produce other goods |
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| Primitive economy where almost everything is madE by hand |
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| Eco omit situation where the government is in control of the factors of production |
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| Economic situation where individuals make most of the choices |
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| Individuals and government share power over economic decisions |
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| EconOmit system where the government takes a handsoff policy as proposed by Adam smith |
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| AnOther name for a market economy |
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| Business that is owned by one person |
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| Where two or more own. Business |
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| Business owned by a lot of people |
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| Piece if owner ship on a corporation |
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| Piece of profits from a corporation |
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| Economic idea that a person only risks the amount they have invested within a corporation |
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| Ups and owns of th economy |
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| Value of all foods and services |
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| General rise In the value of goods or services |
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| Survey of many foods and services |
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| How the government taxes and spends money |
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| How the government regulates the amount of money in circulAltion |
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| Policy of allowing less money to be created within the economy |
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| Policy of allowing more money into the economy |
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| Business that controls most or all the supply of a particular good or service |
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| Two or more businesses becoming one large business |
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| Two or more businesses act as one big business |
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| Relaxation of rules governing a type of business |
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| Group of workers who join together I order to gain better condition |
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| Process where workers get together and make demands |
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| Owner tactic where they fire troublesome workers |
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| Laws in many states which allow workers to choose wether to join the union or not |
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| Process where two or groups withina dispute go to a third pArty to give a suggestion |
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| Go to a third party for a decision |
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| Tax that is based on the Ability of a person to pay And people who make more money should pay more |
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| Tax that is pAid on equal percentage |
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| Tax that is based on the money one earns |
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| Tax tha is places on alcohol, gas, cigarettes |
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| Tax rate that is placed upon items as they are imported into the nation |
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| Economic term for money that is recieved |
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| Economic term for the money that is spent |
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| Term describing the process of spending more money than is brought in |
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| Idea that a budget should never spend more money than it gets |
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| Price paid to borrow money |
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| Item of value that is promised in order to borrow a large sum of money |
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| Place where shares of corporations or mutual funds are sold on the market |
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| Economic fund that combines the money of many investors and is operated by a professional fund manager who makes the j vestments decisions |
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| These are certificates issued to investors who loan their money to businesses or governments and are repAid with interest |
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| Items which are traded out of the nation |
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| Itmes which are traded Into th nation |
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| Economic term describing the relationship between a nations imports and exports |
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| Situation when a nation is importing more good than it is exporting |
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| Group of European nations joined together in a free trade union |
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| World council that seeks to alleviate world pronlems |
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| Part of the untited nations which oversees the security and peace of the world |
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