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Checks and Balances   system in which each branch of the gov. has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two  
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Lobbyist   get paid to win favor from politicians  
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Abolition   the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution  
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Cabinet   group of senior officials appointed by the Pres. that heads the executive departments and advises the Pres.  
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Elastic Clause   a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers  
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Closed Shop   a place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment  
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Jim Crow Laws   segregation laws enacted in the South after Reconstruction  
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Judicial Review   power of the Supreme Court to decide whether the acts of a Pres, or laws passed by Congress are constitutional  
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Laissez-faire   lenient, as in the absence of gov. control over private business  
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Interstate Commerce   any work involving or related to the movement of persons or things across state lines or from foreign countries  
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Holding Company   a company created to buy and possess the shares of other companies, which it then controls  
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Habeas Corpus   constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without charges being filed  
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Injunction   an authoritative warning or order  
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Pool   a common fund into which all contributors pay and from which financial banking is provided  
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Monoply   exclusive control by one company over an entire industry  
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Unalienable Rights   rights that cannot be taken away or denied  
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Amendment   an article added to the U.S. Constitution  
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Bill of Rights   first ten amendments to the Constitution; written list of freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the gov.  
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Emancipation   the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation  
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Impeach   accusation against a public official of wrong-doing in office  
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Cloture Rule   prevent filibuster  
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Electoral College   group of persons chosen from each state to indirectly elect the Pres. and Vice Pres.  
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Eminent Domain   the right of a gov. or its agent to expropriate private property for public use with payment of compensation  
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Self- Incrimination   the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by giving evidence or testimony  
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Discrimination   prejudicial attitude over race, age, or sex, anything of people or things  
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