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| The ability of one person to gt another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions. |
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| Political authority conferred by law or by state or national constitution. |
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| Direct or participatory democracy |
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| A government in which all or most citizens participate directly. |
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| A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive strugle for the popular vote. |
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| Person who posses a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power. |
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| View that government is dominated by capitilists. |
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| View that government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government. |
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| View that government is dominated by appointed officials. |
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| The belief that competition among all affectedninterests shapes public policy. |
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| A human right based on nature or God. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War. |
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| Constitutional convention |
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| Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution. |
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| A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes. |
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| Proposal to create a strong National government. |
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| Proposal to create a weak national government. |
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| Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members from each state. |
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| A government in which elected representatives make the decisions. |
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| The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional. |
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| Government authority shared by national and state governments. |
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| Authority shared by three branches of government. |
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| National government power. |
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| Constitutional authority shared by three different branches of government. |
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| A group with a distinct political interest. |
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| Those who favor a stronger national government. |
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| Those who favor a weaker national government. |
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| An order to produce an arrested person before a judge. |
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| A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime. |
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| A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was commited. |
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| First ten ammendments to the constitution. |
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| An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature. |
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| The effort to transfer responsibility for many. Public programs and services from the federal government to the states. |
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| Money from the national governments that states can spend within broad guidelines determined by Washington. |
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| Necessary and proper clause |
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| Section of constitution that allows congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to it's duties, and which has permitted congress to exercise powers not specifically given to it (enumerated) by the constitution. |
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| The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the states opinion, violates the constitution. |
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| Doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in it's sphere, the states are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept seperate. |
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| State power to enact laws promoting health, safety and morals. |
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| Process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot. |
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| Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by legislature. |
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| Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from the office. |
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| Money given by the national government to the states. |
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| Federal grants for specific purposes, such as building an airport. |
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| Federal sharing of a fixed percentage of it's revenue with the states. |
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