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| Restraints limiting what the government shall have the power to do, such as restricting freedom of speech, of religion, or of the press. |
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| Restraints on how the government can act. For example, citizens are guaranteed due process of law when they are charged with a crime. |
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| Purpose of Bill of Rights |
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| Limit governmental power over the individual, to place personal liberty beyond the reach of government. |
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| What is the only amendment that specifically mentions any level of government? |
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| In Barron v Baltimore (1833), what did the Supreme Court rule? |
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| The Bill of Rights applies only to the national government and does NOT limit state actions. |
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| The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, was an attempt to what? |
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| Extend the Bill of Rights to the states; Free blacks. |
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| When the Supreme Court began to incorporate, or apply, parts of the Bill of Rights to the states. |
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| When did the Supreme Court apply the Bill of Rights to states for protecting individual liberties by ruling that freedom of speech is guaranteed at the state level? |
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| What is the Wall of Separation? |
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| Division between the church and state within government. |
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| What is the Free Exercise Clause? |
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| Protects an individual’s right to believe in whatever religion he or she chooses. |
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| What is Due Process? Which amendments? |
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| The procedural safeguards that protect the rights of the accused; Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments. |
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| Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that white and blacks had to be what? |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Founded by Dubious to combat Plessy. |
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| Which President desegregated the military after World War II? |
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| What resulted from Brown vs. Board of Education? |
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| The Supreme Court reversed its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson and struck down segregation in public schools. |
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| Why was Civil Rights Act of 1964 important? |
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| It put teeth in previous laws and prohibited discrimination in the operation of businesses. |
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| What is Affirmative Action? |
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| Policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in an attempt to promote equal opportunity. |
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| What are the three factors that affect who gets elected and what they do? |
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| Who decides to run, the advantage of incumbency, and the way congressional districts are drawn. |
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| What is Pork Barrel Spending? |
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| Specification of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district. |
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| What are the 5 building blocks of congressional organization |
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| The political parties, the committee system, congressional staff, the caucuses, and the rules of the House and Senate |
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| What makes up the committee structure of the House and Senate? |
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| Standing committees (and their subcommittees), joint committees, select committees, and conference committees. |
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| What is the Rules Committee? |
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| Allots the time for House debate and decides to what extent amendments to the bill can be proposed from the floor. |
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| a written statement made in reckless disregard of the truth that is considered damaging to a victim because it is malicious, scandalous, and defamatory. |
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| What is the "imperial presidency? |
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| The presidency as presidents strive to make themselves more powerful. |
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| Which branch of gov. has the constitutional power to declare war? |
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| The process of redrawing the boundaries of congressional districts. |
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| By what year were blacks and women allowed to vote freely? |
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| Which form of speech is least protective? |
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| What part of government had always been elected by the people? |
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| House of Representatives. |
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| Which elected officials can better represent the NATIONAL interest? |
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| Gideon v Wainwright deals with which amendment issues? |
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| Who is the leader of the majority part in the House of Representatives? |
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| From 1789 until the 1960s, the Bill or Rights put limits on which form of government? |
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| The support, encouragement, privilege and often financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. |
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| By what process can congress reject a presidential veto? |
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| Our country is bicameral, what does the mean? |
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| Having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. |
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| Which 20th century president transformed the American system of government from a congress-centered to a president centered system? |
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| What is agency representation? |
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| When constituents have the power to hire and fire their representative. |
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| What do procedural liberties do? |
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| Define how a government can act. |
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| An agreement between members of congress to trade support for each others bill. |
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| Griswold vs. Connecticut defined the right to what? |
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| Article 2 of the Constitution establishes what? |
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| Can the president declare war? |
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| The bill of rights originally applied to which type(s) of government? |
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| National and State government. |
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