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| He thought America's Founders were a collection of securities speculators and property owners whose only aim was personal enrichment. Thinking this, the Constitution's lofty principles be little more than sophisticated masks behind which the most venal interests sought to enrich themselves. |
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| the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791; they ensure certain rights and liberties to the people |
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| federal grants-in-aid that allow states considerable discretion in how the funds are spent |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| the 1954 Supreme Court decision that struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine as fundamentally unequal. This case eliminated state power to use race as a criterion of discrimination in law and provided the national government with the power to intervene by exercising strict regulatory policies against discriminatory actions |
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| congressional grants given to states and localities on the condition that expenditures be limited to a problem or group specified by law |
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