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| policies or programs designed to confront historical injustices that may have been committed against racial/ethnic minorities or other specified groups by making special efforts to provide these groups with access to educational and/or employment oppurtunities |
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| anyone who is not currently a citizen of the country in which he or she lives |
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| to change the wording or meaning of a motion, bill, constitution, and so on through a formal procedure |
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| the management of current money that requires choices and an analysis of the current situation |
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| the organizations that implement government policies |
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| the periodic and official count of the number of persons living in a country |
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| powers that may be exercised by both the federal government and the state governments, completing such tasks as imposing taxes, borrowing/lending money, and supporting the general welfare |
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| a person who is represented by an elected official at the local, state or federal level |
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| the use of resources by citizens and institutions |
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| a person who acts for or represents others at the local, state or federal level |
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| a long period of financial and industrial decline of the economy |
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| the powers that are precisely granted to Congress through the Constitution |
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| an equivalent and unbiased chance for all persons in such areas as education, employment, and political participation |
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| the judicial doctrine that is based on the Fourth Amendment and the protection against illegal searches and seizures |
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| the method in which to regulate the economic activity of the people |
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| the policies of the federal government that are directed to affairs beyond U.S. borders especially those pertaining to relations with other countries |
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| the rights that are considered to be the most basic needed and most essential to the people |
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| the good of a society as a whole, referring to the common or public good |
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| those rights that are not capable of being taken away or transformed |
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| the increase in overall prices for products and services in society |
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| the rights of any group that constitutes less than a majority |
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| the most basic human rights demonstrated in The Declaration of Independence as the rights to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" |
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| a period of slow economic growth plagued with high unemployment and minimal spending |
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| a complete or drastic change of the government and the rules by which government is conducted and may be the first step toward battle engagement |
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| the division of the government's powers among other institutions that must cooperate in the overall decision making |
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| the absence of the inherited titles of a hierarchical class in the social system |
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| a formal agreement among nations to develop or restrict the rights and responsibilities, often used to settle a war |
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| those rights that were not exactly listed in the Constitution or Bill of Rights, but have been observed and recognized, therefore being protected under the court system |
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| the constitutional power of the president giving him the ability to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress, which prevents it from being a law |
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