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Undergraduate 2
09/25/2012

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Argumentative
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one of the many complaints about congress is
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Impeqcment
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A non legislative function granted to congress by the constitution is
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confirming
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The constitution confers on the senate the exclusive right of ________ presidential nomination
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popular will
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the farmers of the constitution intended the house of reps to reflect the ____ of the people
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Rules committee
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in the house of reps. the decision to let a bill come up for floor action is made by the
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closure
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filibusters can be cut off by a vote called
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thirty
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to be a senator a person must reach the age of
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polls
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Legislators who belive they should serve as a delegates for thier constituents are more likely to follow the
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errands
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legislaters who believe they should serve as trustees are more likely to run ____ for the people
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more
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When comparing committees of the house with the senate, the senate expect their members to serve on
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honesty
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according to the polls, what pwopel want most from their president is
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gender
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a president must be a certain age but there exist no constitutional ban on
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natural born
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president must be
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persuade
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the gretest presidential tool is the power to
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harry truman
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the press confrence baceame a institutinal tool of the presidency during the administration
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war
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the constitution gave the congrees the right to declare
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commander
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the constituin made the president the ------ of all of the nations armed forces
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gerald r. ford
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The first un elected vice pres was
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washington
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the oddice of secretary of state snf secretary of the tresuary were both added during the tenture of
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congress
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if a vice president dies in office inder the 35th amedmant thw presidents nomination is confirmed by
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nelson rokefeller
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the second unelected vice president was
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resign
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gerald r ford appointed vice president became vice president when nixon became the first to
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strengthened
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watergate taught that other bodies of goverment should be
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detailed
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powers granted to congress by the constitution are more ----- than those granted to the president
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ratification
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a two thirds magorty vote is required in the senate for treaty
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senate consent
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using executive agreement avoids the constitutional requirent of
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rider
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an unrealated measure appended to a bill is called a
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impoundment
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failure of the president to spend the funds appropriated by congress is called
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veto
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if a president does not want to sign a bill into a law he has the power to reject the bill called the
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state deices
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the practice of requring the courts to abide by precedent is
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1
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authorization of the constitutional courts is found in the article
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ronald regan
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the first president to appoint a woman to the supreme court was president
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eight
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the total number of associate justices on the united states supreme court is
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outside directions
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bureaucratic orginaztion tend to resist
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evalution
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the last phase in the development of policy is
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containment
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the korean war was a consequince of the us commitment to the policy of
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france
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the nation that witdrew from nato or the north atlantic treaty orginazation in the 1960s was
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the last time the us issued a declaration of war was after the japanese attacked
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male citezens of the us upon their 18th bday must still register for the
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about 50 percent if the natations debt is owned by---- institutions coporations and govt's
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the--- veto can kill a bill when the president fails to sign a bill and congress adjourns within 10 weekdays
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the first SALT agreement was signed by
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the clinton administration worked to rid the nation of the
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the 1st phase of policy msking is
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since the president is in charge of foreighn poilicy he or she must also make a good
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the most important feature of the supreme court opininos is their---- of the courts reasoning
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the fisrt acting president of the united states was
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olover windell holmes first announced the celebrated clear and present danger doctrine in the case of
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the governor of any state is in control the states budget the militia the highway patrol but not the states
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the control of the state bureacasy is the responsibility of the states
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vietnam conflict
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the major event that eroded public faith in the competence of the foreign policy establishment was the
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executive
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in all nations, foreign policy-making tends to be concentrated in the -----branch
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OPEC
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the international org that fixes world oil prices is
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President
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The decision maker of last resort in our military system
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petagon
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dod headqurters
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john keynes
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the economist who first urged that the govt should fill any gaps left by a defict of private spendind was
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25th
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presidential succesion was outlined in hierarchical fashion by the --- amendmaent
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lieutenant governor
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upon the death or resignation of the state govenor thw vacancy is filled by the
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judicial review
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chief justice john marshall in 1803 established the power of
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constitution
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judicial review is the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or govermant regulation in conflict with the
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neutral
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the adversary system is when the court of law is a==== arena where teo parties argue their diffrences
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federeal govt
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when crisis comes, americans often rally around the
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bureaucracy
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professional officials orginized in a pyramidal hierarchy and functioning under impersonal, uniform rules is a
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defense
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the department of the Army, navy, and airforce are part of the us dept of
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dollars
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15 dept employ more than 70 percent of all federal civil servants and spend 93 percent of all federal
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corporation
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the us postal service is an example of a govt
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entitlements
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programs such as unemployment insurance, disater relief or disability payments are
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apellate
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==== jurisdiction is the authority of a court to review desisions made by lower courts
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original
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federal district courts are trial courts of --- jurisdiction
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activisim
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judicial --- is the philosophy proposing that judges should intrepret the constitution to reflect current conditions
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supreme court
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the-- term runs from the first monday in oct through the end of jun
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adjourn
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justices listen to arguments for two weeks each month from october to april and then === for two weeks
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six
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=== member of the supreme court must participate in each decision
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religion
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congress hall make no law" declares the 1st amendment " respecting an establishment of ----"
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ex post facto
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--- laws are retroactive crimanal laws that works to the disadvantage of an individual; forbidden
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naturalization
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--- is a legal action conferring citenship on a alien
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expatriation
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the righ of -- is the right to renounce one's citenship
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police powers
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-- are inherent powers of the state govt to pass laws to protect the public health, saftey, and welfare
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due process
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-- is the established rules and regulation that restrain people in govt who excersise power
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indicment
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an-- is a formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense
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double jeopardy
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-- is trail or punishment for the same crime by the same govt
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affirmative action
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--is remedial action designed to overcome the effects of past discrimination
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vote
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womens suffrage is the right of woman to
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gross domestics
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the-- product is the total output of all economic activity in the nation, including goods and services
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federal reserves
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the-- system consist of 12 reginal banks and is the system created by congress in 1913
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NAFTA
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the agreement signed by the us, canada, and mexico in 1992 to form the largest free trade zone was ----
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monopoly
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a--- is the domination of an industry by a single company
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social security
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---is a combination of entitlement programs paid for by employers and employee taxes
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medicare
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insurance for the elderly
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medicaid
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--- is the federal program that provides medical care for low income people
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atl geroga
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the headquartes of the center for dieseas control and dprevention ( CDC ) is in ---
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immigration
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the INS is the US goverments org that works to maintain the rules for ---
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thomas jefferson
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-- was the nations first secretary of state
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public opinion
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according to schmidt, on page 662, --- influences the making of US foreign policy
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arms
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one component of the military industrial complex is the -- manufactures
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nikita Khrushchev
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the leader of the soviet uninion during the cuban missle crisis was ----
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tensions
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the french word Detente means relaxation of
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open-market
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the most important unit whitin the federeal reserves system is the -- committee
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labor
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estimates of the number of unemployed are prepared by the US dept of -----
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earned income
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---is a program for low income workers whereby the govt returns a part of social security taxes
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