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| Government in which citizens hold the power to rule. |
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| A form of democracy in which the people vote on all issues themselves. |
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| A government in which citizens choose a smaller group (representatives)to govern on their behalf. |
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| A representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers. |
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| The principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful. |
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| A group of people that makes laws. |
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| an agreement among people in a society with their government; the people give Up some of their rights in exchange for the government protecting everyone's rights. |
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| A freedom that all people possess relating to life, liberty, and property. |
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| One who opposes official or commonly held views. |
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| A system for making choices about ways to use scarce resources to make and distribute goods and services to fulfill people's needs and wants. |
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| The quality or state of being free. |
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| An official, formal public announcement. |
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| To refuse to purchase certain goods and services. |
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| A tax on an imported good. |
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| An act of importing or exporting secretly, in violation of the law and especially without paying duty on goods. |
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| A representative to a meeting. |
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| The decisions and actions a government takes to solve problems in the community. |
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| A government in which people choose leaders to represent them. |
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| A government in which the power of the monarch is limited by a constitution. |
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| Democratic principle that says a majority of the people has the power to make laws binding on all the people. |
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| A government in which one person or a small group holds all the power. |
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| A system in which government controls people's lives. |
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| A set of ideas about life and society. |
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| A detailed, written plan for government. |
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| Divided into two parts, or houses. |
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| A group that comes together for a common purpose. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The first plan of government for the united states. |
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| Law that set rules for surveying and selling land in the Northwest Territory. |
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| Law that set rules for governing the new territory. |
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| Armed uprising in which farmers attacked a federal building in Massachusetts. |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Meeting at which the United States Constitution was written. |
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| Agreement that settled the question of representation in Congress. |
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| Agreement that settled the question of representation of enslaved people in Congress. |
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| Group of electors who choose the president and vice-president. |
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| Person who wanted to ratify the Constitution. |
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| System in which power is divided between the federal and state governments. |
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| Essays supporting the Constitution. |
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| Person who was against ratifying the Constitution. |
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| Introduction to the U.S. Constitution. |
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| Section of the Constitution describing the structure of government. |
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| The part of government that makes laws. |
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| The part of government that enforces the laws. |
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| The part of government that interprets the laws. |
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| To decide what something means. |
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| Any change in the Constitution. |
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| The peoples right to the rule. |
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| The idea that the government con only do what the people allow it to do. |
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| The idea that the law applies to everyone. |
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| The division of government into three branches. |
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| The ways that each branch of government limits the power of the other two branches. |
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| The powers given to the federal government under the Constitution. |
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| The powers set aside for the states. |
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| The powers that both federal and state governments may exercise. |
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| The part of the Constitution that puts federal credit. |
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| Basic Freedoms that all citizens have. |
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| The right to express ideas without fear of punishment by the government. |
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| Telling the press what to print or broadcast. |
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| Telling lies about someone. |
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| Printing lies about someone. |
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| Person(s) charged with a crime. |
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| Court order to search a suspect's property. |
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| Legal steps that must be followed. |
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| The government's power to take private property. |
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| Formal charge by a grand jury. |
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| Being tried twice for the same crime. |
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| Testifying against oneself. |
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| Money that an accused person pays to remain free while waiting for a trial. |
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| State laws that limited the rights of African Americans. |
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| Fee that is charged for voting. |
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| Fee that is charged for voting. |
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| The upper house of the United States Congress. |
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| The lower of the United States. |
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| A voter that a member of Congress represents. |
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| A count of the population. |
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| To draw congressional district lines to favor one party. |
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| Party that holds the most seats. |
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| Party that does not hold the majority. |
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| A power of Congress that is listed in the Constitution. |
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| Another name for a power of Congress that is listed in the Constitution. |
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| A power of Congress that the expressed powers point to. |
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| Part of the Constitution that says Congress has implied powers. |
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| A power that is not related to making laws. |
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| An order that makes sure prisoners are told why they are being held. |
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| A voter that a member of Congress represents. |
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| A count of the population. |
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| To draw congressional district lines to favor one party. |
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| Party that holds the most seats. |
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| Party that does not hold the majority. |
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| A power of Congress that is listed in the Constitution. |
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| Another name for a power of Congress that is listed in the Constitution. |
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| A power of Congress that the expressed powers point to. |
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| Part of the Constitution that says Congress has implied powers. |
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| A power that is not related to making laws. |
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| An order that makes sure prisoners are told why they are being held. |
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| A law that punishes a person without a trial. |
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| A law that makes an act crime after the act has been committed. |
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| The special right members of Congress have to send job-related mail without paying postage. |
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| The work of helping people deal with the federal government. |
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| When a representative gets government money for projects in one district or state. |
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| A group of people who work together for a common cause. |
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| To talk to a bill to death. |
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| A vote by three-Fifths of the Senate to limit debate on a bill. |
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| A vote in which members speak their votes aloud. |
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| A vote in which members stand to be counted for or against a bill. |
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| A vote in the Senate in which senators give their vote as their name is called. |
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| The president does nothing to a bill for ten days.If Congress is not in session the bill is killed, if Congress is in session the bill is passed. |
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| A member of the Electoral College that chooses the president. |
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| An order given by the president that has the same force as a law. |
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| Presidential order that forgives a crime. |
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| Presidential order that delays punishment. |
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| Pardon for a group of people. |
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| A person who represents the U.S. Government in another country. |
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| The plan a nation follows when dealing with other nations. |
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| Keeping the nation safe from attack. |
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| A formal agreement with another nation. |
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| An agreement between the president and the leader of another country. |
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| Stopping or slowing down between the president and the leader of another country. |
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| An agreement among nations to refuse to trade with a nation. |
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| The heads of the 15 executive departments. |
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| The agencies below the cabinet departments in the executive branch. |
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| A type of independent agency that deals with specific government programs. |
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| A business operated by the government. |
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| A type of independent agency that makes rules that business must follow. |
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| System in which workers are given jobs in return for their political support. |
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| System the government uses to hire workers. |
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| System in which workers are hired based on their skills and test scores. |
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| A person appointed to a federal job by the president . |
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| A system with both federal and state courts. |
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| The authority to hear and decide a case. |
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| Authority of federal court alone to hear and decide cases. |
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| Authority of both federal and state courts to hear and decide a case. |
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| The authority to hear cases for the first time. |
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| The authority to hear a case appealed from a lower court. |
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| A detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind a court's decision in a case. |
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| A legal ruling that is used as a basis for a decision in a later, similar case. |
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| A person engaged in a lawsuit. |
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| A status that protects a person from being fired. |
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| A court order requiring someone to appear in court. |
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| The power to review any federal, state, or local law or action to see if it is Constitution. |
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| Allowed by the U.S. Constitution. |
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| An order from a higher court to see the records from a lower court case. |
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| The number of cases handled in a court room. |
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| A written document explaining on side of a case. |
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| A statement written by a justice who votes with the majority but for different reasons. |
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| A statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion. |
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| A ruling on which all the justices agree. |
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| The practice of using earlier rulings as a basis for deciding cases. |
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| A group of people with similar ideas about government. |
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| A practice by which two major political parties complete for powers. |
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| A term used for a minor political party. |
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| The party's beliefs, principle, and positions on many issues. |
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| Group that organizes the party's national convention. |
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| Meeting of state and local party members. |
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| The smallest election unit. |
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| Powerful local political organization. |
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| Election in which voters choose candidates to run in the general election. |
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| Only people who choose a party can vote. |
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| People do not have to choose a party to vote. |
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| Winning less than half the votes . |
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| Location where a person goes to vote. |
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| A list of candidates who are running for each office. |
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| The measure of how many people turn out to vote. |
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| Matter of public concern. |
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| Process that lets voters propose new laws or amendments to state constitutions. |
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| Process that allows voters to accept or reject a law passed by the state legislature. |
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| Election in which voters can remove a person from office. |
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| Group of electors that chooses the president. |
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| The votes cast by the people in the general election. |
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| Electoral College system in which the winner of a state's popular vote gets all of that state's electoral votes. |
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| To go from door to door to gather support for a candidate. |
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| Political Action Committee |
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| Organization set up by interest groups to raise money for candidates. |
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| The ideas and views of the people. |
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| Media that reach large numbers of people. |
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| Group of people who share the same opinion about an issue about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs. |
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| A survey in which individuals are asked to answer questions about a particular issue or person. |
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| A person who conducts polls. |
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| The set of issues the government focuses on. |
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| To give information to the press secretly. |
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| The role played by the media when they try to undercover government waste or spoken. |
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| A law allowing the press to keep sources secret. |
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| Written false information that harms a person's reputation. |
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| A group that supports causes that affect most Americans. |
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| Not related to either political party. |
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| A person who works for an interest group. |
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| The sharing of power between the central and state governments. |
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| Powers that the U.S. Constitution gives only to the states. |
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| Powers that states and the federal government share. |
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| Clause in the U.S. Constitution that says federal laws are above state laws. |
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| Money given to the states by the federal governments. |
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| Having one house in the legislative. |
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| To redraw the boundaries of a legislative district. |
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| An unequal representation in a state legislature. |
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| A meeting of a legislature to conduct business. |
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| A legislative meeting called for a specific purpose. |
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| A vote called by a legislature to seek voter approval of a law. |
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| A question placed on a ballot by a citizen petition to decide if a law should be repealed. |
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| To veto a specific part of a bill. |
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| To decrease a criminal's sentence. |
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| To give a prisoner an early release from prison, with certain limits. |
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| A court in which a judge or jury listens to evidence and reaches a verdict in favor of one party or another in the case. |
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| The least serious type of crime. |
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| Court cases in which one party in a dispute claims to have been harmed by the other. |
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| The person in a civil case who claims to have been harmed. |
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| The person in a civil who is said to have caused the harm. |
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| Type of court in which a party who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it. |
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| A type of crime more serious than a misdemeanor. |
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| To apply for and receive a state charter to set up a local government. |
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| A document granting power to a local government. |
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