Testing study for the first test in POL120
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| show | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
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| show | a form of democracy in which people decide policy initiatives directly.
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| show | a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
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| show | a system of government in which the limits of political authority are clearly stated and the electorate has the power to remove poor performing governments.
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| Constitutionalism | show 🗑
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| show | a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.
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| show | the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.
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| show | the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power.
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| Majority | show 🗑
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| show | the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority
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| show | a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities
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| Articles of Confederation | show 🗑
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| show | a meeting of 12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that called for a constitutional convention
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| show | Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.
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| Shay's Rebellion | show 🗑
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| Bicameralism | show 🗑
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| Virginia Plan | show 🗑
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| show | the Small-State Plan
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| show | agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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| Three-Fifths Compromise | show 🗑
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| show | The supporters of the proposed Constitution
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| Anti-Federalists | show 🗑
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| show | an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
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| show | ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups
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| show | made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. Makes Laws.
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| show | the President, to the Vice President, to the Cabinet
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| Judicial Branch | show 🗑
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| Divided Government | show 🗑
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| show | An election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party's ticket in a subsequent election for public office.
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| Initiative | show 🗑
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| Referendum | show 🗑
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| Recall | show 🗑
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| show | review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
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| John Marshall | show 🗑
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| show | Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
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| show | first African-American justice
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| show | an order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion
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| Impeachment | show 🗑
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| Executive Order | show 🗑
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| show | the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest.
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| Impoundment | show 🗑
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| 4 Ways to Amend the Constitution | show 🗑
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| Article 1 | show 🗑
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| show | makes the executive branch of the government
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| Article 3 | show 🗑
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| show | guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion
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| show | The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution
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| Article 6 | show 🗑
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| show | collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
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| Federalism | show 🗑
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| Unitary System | show 🗑
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| show | organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league
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| show | A f*ck ton
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| show | powers specifically granted the Federal Government by the Constitution
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| Express Powers | show 🗑
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| show | not specified in the Constitution, they are reasonable powers that are a logical part of the powers delegated to Congress and the president
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| show | regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes
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| Federal Mandate | show 🗑
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| Reserve Powers | show 🗑
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| show | powers that are shared by both the State and the federal government.
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| show | duties that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."
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| Extradition | show 🗑
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| show | an agreement between two or more states
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| Preemption | show 🗑
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| show | political powers reserved for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment.
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