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Participation In Government

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A presidential order that pardons a person or group of people who have committed an offense against the government   Amnesty  
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Two house legislature Congress = Senate +House of Representatives NYS = Senate + Assembly   Bicameral Legislature  
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The expected qualities that a person should have as a member of a community   Citizenship  
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Powers that both the national (federal) government and states have. Example: Taxes, borrowing of money   Concurrent Powers  
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A plan that provides the rules for government   Constitution  
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Powers the Constitution grants or delegates to national (federal) government. Example: Coining money, declaring war, regulating interstate commerce   Delegated Powers  
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Government in which the people rule   Democracy  
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A system of government in which authority is divided between national and state governments   Federalism  
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A institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control   Government  
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Powers the government requires to carry out its expressed Constitutional power. Flexibility   Implied Powers  
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System in which the powers of government is limited, not absolute   Limited Government  
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A formal order given by a higher authority. An authorization to act given to a representative   Mandate  
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The legal process by which a person is granted citizenship   Naturalization  
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A person fleeing a country to escape persecution or danger   Refugee  
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A system of government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government. Example: United States   Representative Government  
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Powers that belong strictly to the states. Example: Professional License, Education   Reserved Powers  
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Money collected from taxes or sources/sales/income taxes/property taxes   Revenue  
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Supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries   Sovereignty  
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A political community that occupies a definite territory, has an organized government   State  
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A special document required by certain countries issued by the government of the country that a person wishes to enter   Visa  
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A person who lives in a country where he or she is not a citizen   Alien  
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The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the actualization process   Denaturalization  
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The legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the United States   Deportation  
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The process of giving up one's citizenship by leaving to live in a foreign country   Expatrition  
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The Latin phrase: means "law of blood" the principle that grants citizenship on the basis of the citizenship of one's parents   Jus Sanguinis  
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The Latin phrase: meaning "law of the soil" the principle that grants citizenship to nearly all people born in the country   Jus Soli  
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