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| THE GOVERNMENT IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS WITH THE NATIONAL BEING THE HIGHEST |
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| SEPARATE INSTITUTIONS SHARE SOME POWERS THAT THE CONSTITUTION MANDATES FOR THE NATIONAL GOVT.PURPOSE IS TO KEEP POWER DIVIDED AMONG 3 BRANCHES OF GOVT |
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| GOVT CAN ONLY DO CERTAIN THINGS |
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| FREEDON OF RELIGION,RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY,FREEDOM OF THE PRESS,RIGHT TO PETITION GOVT AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH(RAPPS) |
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| PROTECTION AGAINST ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE |
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| RECOGNITION OF THE EXISTENCE OF RIGHTS NOT ENUMERATED |
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| RESERVED POWERS OF THE STATES |
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| ALLOWED BLACK ADULT MALES THE RIGHT TO VOTE |
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| PROVIDED FOR THE DIRECT POPULAR ELECTION OF THE UNITED STATES SENATORS |
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| GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE |
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| LIMITS A PERSON TO 10 YEARS OR 2 TERMS AS PRESIDENT |
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| GRANTED THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3 ELECTORS IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE |
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1.LEGISLATIVE-CONGRESS(HOUSE/SENATE)
2.EXECUTIVE-PRES/VP/CABINET
3.JUDICIAL-SUPREME COURT |
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| QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRESIDENT |
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1.NATURAL BORN US CITIZEN
2.AT LEAST 35 YEARS OLD
3.MUST HAVE LIVED IN US AT LEAST 14 YEARS PRIOR TO ELECTION
4.TERM OF OFFICE-4 YEARS |
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| QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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1.US CITIZEN FOR AT LEAST 7 YEARS
2.AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLD
3.MUST LIVE IN DISTRICT WISH TO REPRESENT
4.TERM OF OFFICE-2 YEARS |
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1.US CITIZEN FOR AT LEAST 9 YEARS
2.AT LEAST 30 YEARS OLD
3.MUST LIVE IN STATE WISH TO REPRESENT
4. TERM OF OFFICE-6 YEARS |
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| FEATURES/WEAKNESSES OF ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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1.EACH STATE COULD PRINT OWN CURRENCY
2.TOOK ALL 13 STATES TO AMEND THE ARTICLES
3.NATIONAL GOVERNMENT COULDNT ENFORCE LAWS THAT LEGISLATURE PASSED |
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1.3 BRANCHES OF GOVT
2.BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE
3.REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE BASED ON POPULATION
4.LARGE STATES-MORE VOTES IN LEGISLATURE |
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1. 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
2.UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE
3.EQUAL REPRESENTATION
4.SMALL STATES-EQUAL POWER |
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| TO ACCUSE;BRING CHARGES AGAINST A PERSON |
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| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IMPEACHES AND THE SENATE HEARS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AND DECIDES IF PERSON GUILTY OR NOT. IF FOUND GUILTY PERSON MUST LEAVE OFFICE |
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| GOVT SHOULD NOT INTERFERE IN THE WORKINGS OF THE ECONOMY-"LEAVE THINGS ALONE" |
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| EACH STATE IS GRANTED REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE ACCORDING TO ITS PROPORTION OF THE NATIONAL POPULATION. EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE IS APPORTIONED ON THE BASIS OF EQUAL POPULATION. |
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| THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS POWERS ARE DIVIDED INTO BRANCHES |
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| SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN YOU TAKE IN |
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| ATTEMPTING TO TALK A BILL TO DEATH. A SENATOR MAY TALK AS LONG AS WANT IN ATTEMPT TO GET OTHER MEMBERS TO AGREE TO THROW BILL OUT. |
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1.SCOREKEEPER-TELL US WHO IS WINNING OR LOSING THRU USE OF POLLS
2.GATEKEEPER-THEY DETERMINE WHAT IS REPORTED AS NEWS
3.WATCHDOG-INVESTIGATING PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR WRONG DOING |
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| A COURT ORDER TELLING A LOWER COURT TO SEND UP THE RECORDS OF A CASE SO THE RECORDS CAN BE VIEWED BY THE HIGHER COURT |
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POWERS NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED BUT CAN BE FIGURED OUT FROM SOMETHING THAT IS SAID IN THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 1 SECTION 8 CLAUSE 18 |
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| REQUIRES BROADCASTERS TO GIVE OR SELL EQUIVALENT TIME TO A CANDIDATE IF THEY HAVE SOLD OR GIVEN TIME TO ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR THAT OFFICE |
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| A PERSONS SENSE OF BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING POLITICALLY, AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION |
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| FACTORS THAT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS |
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1.AGE
2.EDUCATION
3.INCOME
4.REGION OF THE COUNTRY
5.STRONG PARTY IDENTIFICATION
6.ISSUES |
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| PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE POLTICIANS AND TRIES TO CONVINCE THE POLITICIAN TO VOTE THE WAY THE GROUP WANTS. |
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| THE PROCESS BY WHICH CITIZENS ACQUIRE POLITICALLY RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE,BELIEFS,ATTITUDES AND PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR |
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| HELD TO SELECT AN OFFICE HOLDER FROM AMONG THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE CHOSEN IN THE PRIMARY |
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| THE BELIEF THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROTECT AMERICAN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY BY RESTRICTING HOW MUCH/MANY FOREIGN GOODS COME INTO THE U.S. |
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| GOVERNMENT DECISIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD CIRCULATE IN THE ECONOMY AND WHAT THE COST OF BORROWING MONEY,THE INTEREST RATE,SHOULD BE |
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| THE BELIEF THAT AMERICA'S ECONOMIC INTERESTS ARE BEST SERVED BY ALLOWING FOREIGN PRODUCERS TO SELL THEIR GOODS WITHOUT RESTRICTION IN THE U.S. |
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| THE BELIEF THAT THE U.S. HAD TO BE INVOLVED IN WORLD AFFAIRS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SOVIET UNION FROM SPREADING COMMUNISM TO OTHER AREAS.CONTAINMENT REQUIRED ALLIANCES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND OVERSEAS MILITARY BASES THUS NOT ALLOWING THE U.S. TO REMAIN ISOLATIONIST. |
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| THE STATE IS DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS(AREAS) OF APPROXIMATELY EQUAL PROPORTION AND THEN EACH DISTRICT ELECTS A PERSON TO REPRESENT THAT DISTRICT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| PRESIDENTIAL ORDER OF SUCCESSION |
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1.VICE PRESIDENT
2.SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
3.PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE
4.CABINET OFFICERS IN ORDER IN WHICH THE POSITIONS WERE CREATED |
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| AN OPINION THAT DISAGREES WTH THE MAJORITY OPINION;WRITTEN BY A JUSTICE THAT DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE JUSTICES BELIEVE |
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| WHO HOLDS THE POWER TO DECLARE WAR? |
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| WHO HAS THE POWER TO CREATE FEDERAL COURTS? |
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| A TYPE OF JOINT COMMITTEE WHOSE JOB IS TO WORK OUT THE DIFFERENCES IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSIONS OF A BILL |
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| WHO ALWAYS SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE? |
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| THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. |
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| HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES ARE NEEDED TO WIN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? |
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| 270 WHICH IS A MAJORITY OF THE 538 TOTAL VOTES |
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| THE POWER THE COURT HAS TO DECLARE LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.(THIS IS THE MAIN CHECK AND BALANCE THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVER THE OTHER 2 BRANCHES OF THE GOVT |
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| AMENDMENTS 1-10-WAS INTENDED TO REMEDY A DEFECT CRITICS FOUND IN THE CONSTITUTION OF 1787. |
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| THIS OPINION AGREES WITH THE MAJORITY OPINION BUT HAS DIFFERENT REASONS FOR COMING TO THE SAME CONCLUSION |
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| IN ORDER FOR A CASE TO BE HEARD BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AT LEAST 4 OF THE 9 JUSTICES MUST AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE HEARD |
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| METHODS USED TO GET AROUND THE 15TH AMENDMENT |
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1.POLL TAX
2.LITERACY TESTS
3.GRANDFATHER CLAUSE |
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| POLLING PLACES WOULD CHARGE PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME TO VOTE. BLACKS HAD LITTLE OR NO MONEY SO THIS KEPT THEM FROM VOTING |
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| IN ORDER TO VOTE, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PROVE THE ABILITY TO READ. BLACKS HAD LITTLE OR NO EDUCATION SO THIS KEPT THEM FROM VOTING |
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| IN ORDER TO VOTE, YOUR GRANDFATHER HAD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE ON A CERTAIN DATE. THE DATES USED WOULD BE EARLIER THAN THE PASSAGE OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT |
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| "CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TEST" |
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| SPEECH CAN BE RESTRICTED IF IT WOULD CREATE A "CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER" TO SOCIETY. IT IS USED AS A LIMIT TO FREE SPEECH AND AS A GOVT RESTRAINT ON THE MEDIA |
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| THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE MEANS THAT EVIDENCE OBTAINED IMPROPERLY CANNOT BE USED IN COURT |
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| POWERS THAT ARE GIVEN;OUR GOVERNMENT IS ONE OF DELEGATED POWERS |
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| BEING TRIED TWICE FOR THE SAME CRIME IN THE SAME COURT |
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| ESTABLISHED THAT A PERSON'S RIGHTS WOULD BE READ TO THEM |
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| THIS TYPE OF GOVT HAS ALL POWER LOCATED IN ONE CENTRAL NATIONAL GOVT |
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1. 3 BRANCHES OF GOVT
2. BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE
3. ONE PT OF THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BE CALLED THE SENATE AND IT WOULD HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION (2 FROM EACH STATE).THE OTHER PT WOULD BE CALLED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND IT WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION BASED ON POPULATION |
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| THE GOVT WILL NOT SET UP ONE RELIGION FOR THE COUNTRY(1ST AMENDMENT) |
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3 CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE IF A LAW VIOLATES THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
1.MUST HAVE SECULAR PURPOSE
2.MUST NEITHER PROMOTE NOR PROHIBIT RELIGION
3.MUST AVOID EXCESSIVE ENTANGLEMENT BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE |
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| WHY FILIBUSTER CAN BE USED IN THE SENATE AND NOT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES? |
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| NO TIME LIMIT ON DEBATE IN SENATE BCAUSE ONLY 100 MEMBERS-LIMIT IN HOUSE OF REP BBCAUSE SO BIG |
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| WHAT GROUP OFFICIALLY ELECTS THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT? |
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| THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ARE ELECTED INDIRECTLY BY THE PEOPLE THROUGH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE |
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| FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES |
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1.SOCIALIZATION FUNCTION
2.ELECTORAL FUNCTION
3.GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION |
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| PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION WITH POLITICAL ISSUES;HELP EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE VOTERS;HELP PROVIDE POLITICAL STABILITY |
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| BRING DIVERSE NEEDS TOGETHER;RECRUIT AND TRAIN POLITICAL LEADERS;SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR VOTERS |
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| PROVIDE COHERENCE OF PUBLIC POLICY;MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE RESPONSIVE |
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| IDEALS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY |
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1.MAJORITY RULE-WE VOTE AND DO WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE SAY TO DO
2.MINORITY RIGHTS-PEOPLE IN THE MINORITY STILL HAVE RIGHTS
3.INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS-EACH PERSON IS AS FREE AS POSSIBLE
4.EQUALITY OF ALL PERSONS-PEOPLE ARE EQUAL IN OPPORTUNITY AND IN THE EYES OF THE LAW |
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| WHAT FEDERAL COURTS HAVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION ONLY? |
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| U.S. DISTRICT COURTS-THEY HEAR CASES THE FIRST TIME THE CASES ARE PRESENTED IN COURT |
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