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~HONS~ GOVERNMENT NOTES

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AMENDMENTS   CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO A CONSTITUTION OR LAW  
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CONSTITUTION   LAWS THAT NO PERSON IS ABOVE – RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS  
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS   LEGAL DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE U.S.  
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION   SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL  
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PLESSEY V. FERGUSON   SEPARATE BUT EQUAL  
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BILL OF RIGHTS   FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ADDED AS A PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES  
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1ST AMENDMENT   FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RELIGION, PRESS (NEWSPAPER), ASSEMBLY, RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVT.  
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5-8TH AMENDMENTS   RIGHTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS DURING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (fair and speedy trial, jury of peers, right not to incriminate self – pleading the 5th)  
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13th AMENDMENT   ABOLITION OF SLAVERY  
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14TH AMENDMENT   ALL MEN ARE TO BE GIVEN EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW  
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15TH AMENDMENT   GIVES ALL MALE CITIZENS RIGHT TO VOTE  
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16TH AMENDMENT   THE GOVERNMENT CAN COLLECT INCOME TAXES  
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18TH AMENDMENT   PROHIBITION or THE OUTLAW OF SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF ALCOHOL  
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19TH AMENDMENT   GIVES WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE  
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22ND AMENDMENT   RESTRICTED PRESIDENTS TO BEING ELECTED TO NO MORE THAN 2 TERMS  
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24TH AMENDMENT   POLL TAXES ARE NOT LEGAL  
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26TH AMENDMENT   GAVE THE VOTE TO 18 YEAR OLD CITIZENS  
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PROHIBITION   OUTLAW OF ALCOHOL IN THE 1920S IN RESPONSE TO TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT WHICH WANTED TO RESTORE SOCIETIES MORALS  
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WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION   BELIEVING THAT ALL OF SOCIETIES ILLS WERE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL, THIS MOVEMENT HELPED OUTLAW ALCOHOL AND GET THE 18TH AMENDMENT PASSED. IT WAS REPEALED SHORTLY AFTER (by 21st)  
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. BAKKE   REVERSE DISCRIMINATION CASE – RULED RACE MAY BE USED - BUT - ONLY AS ONE ELEMENT IN ADMISSION  
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ABSOLUTE MONARCHY   A HEREDITARY RULER CONTROLS ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT; EXAMPLE  
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ABSOLUTISM   A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A MONARCH IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF POWER  
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CONSTITUTIONAL   A LAW OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ACTION THAT ALIGNS WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION  
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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY   A HEREDITARY RULER HAS LIMITS ON HIS/HER POWER; EXAMPLE  
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DEMOCRACY   A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POLITICAL CONTROL IS EXERCISED BY THE PEOPLE  
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DICTATOR   A LEADER OF A COUNTRY WHO HAS ABSOLUTE P0WER AND AUTHORITY  
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MONARCHY   A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT RULED BY A KING OR QUEEN  
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PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY   A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERS ARE CHOSEN BY THE LEGISLATURE; AS IN GREAT BRITAIN  
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PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACY   A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN INDEPENDENT AND COEQUAL EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES; AS IN THE U.S.  
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THEOCRACY   A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT HEADED BY ONE OR MORE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO CLAIM TO RULE BY DIVINE AUTHORITY  
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CHECKS AND BALANCES   A SYSTEM TO PREVENT ONE BRANCH OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL.  
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