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| States must honor the legality of one another's civil laws because of the |
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| Full Faith and Credit Clause |
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| This system of government gives the key powers to the national government. |
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| Which idea is NOT included in the Declaration of Independence? |
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| God gives certain people the right to govern. |
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| This affects criminals who flee a state to avoid punishment. |
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| The Constitution is based on the concept of: |
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| The effort to control or influence the conduct of government is called: |
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| Funds given to the state by the National Government with special conditions attached are examples of |
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| Which statement about the social contract theory is NOT true? |
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| The state is a natural extention of people's family structure |
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| This is NOT a feature of all the states in today's world. |
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| A federal government is one in which |
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| Power is divided between a central government and local governments. |
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| The Constitution requires the National Government to guarantee |
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| A republican form of government for every state |
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| What is the difference between presidential and parliamentary governments? |
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In presidential governments the president and the legislatures are elected by the people. The government has three branches – executive, legislative, and judicial. The judicial branch at the highest level – the Supreme Court – is appointed by the president. Lower court judges are elected.
In parliamentary governments the voters elect the legislature, which then chooses the chief executive, who holds office at the consent of the legislature. The judiciary is chosen the cabinet. In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords provides the highest court of appeals. |
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| The form of democracy we have in this country is called: |
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| What was John Locke's theory, and what does it have to do with American government? |
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Englishman John Locke defended Parliament's 1688 overthrow of King James II. Locke wrote that people were naturally endowed with the right to life, liberty, and property. To preserve their rights, they willingly contracted to give power to a government authority. When government failed to preserve the rights of the people, the people could justly break the contract. Nearly a century later, the American colonies declared their independence from England based on the political philosophy of natural rights that Locke had written.
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| The Federalist was written to |
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| win support for the Constitution in New York. |
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| Concurrent powers are those that are |
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| exercised simultaneously by the National and the State governments |
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| This section of the Constitution states why it was written |
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| helps democracy to prosper |
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| National law greater than state law |
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