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| THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE INSPIRED BY ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS SUCH AS JOHN LOCKE AND MONTESQUIEU. SOME OF THEIR IDEAS ENDED UP IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION. |
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| HIS WRITINGS ON SOCIAL CONTRACT AND NATURAL RIGHTS USED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON WHEN HE WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDPENDENCE. |
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| "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" |
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| THOMAS JEFFERSON QUOTE FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT WAS BORROWED FROM LOCKE'S OWN WRITINGS CONCERNING PEOPLE'S NATURAL RIGHTS. LOCKE CALLED THEM LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY. |
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| ENGLIGHTENMENT THINKER THAT WROTE ABOUT SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES. THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION WERE INSPIRED BY THESE WRITINGS WHEN THEY FRAMED OR WROTE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. |
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| SIGNED BY THE SURVIVORS THAT CAME TO THE COLONIES ON THE MAYFLOWER. BY SIGNING THIS COMPACT, THEY AGREED TO FOLLOW THE RULES THEY MADE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. THIS COMPACT INSPIRED THE FRAMERS TO CREATED A GOVERNMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES. |
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| A DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN 1215 IN WHICH THE WEALTHY NOBLES FORCED KING JOHN TO SIGN WHICH WAS A STEP IN LIMITING THE POWER OF THE KING. |
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| CONCEPTS SUCH AS HAVING A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JURY TRIAL WHICH IS FOUND IN THE 6TH AMENDMENT IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS WERE BORROWED FROM THIS DOCUMENT |
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| A PAMPHLET (SMALL BOOK) WRITTEN BY THOMAS PAINE THAT EXPLAINED THE NEED FOR THE COLONIES TO BREAK UP WITH ENGLAND. THE BOOK ALSO HELPED INSPIRE THOMAS JEFFERSON TO WRITE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. |
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| TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION |
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| A TERM USED BY THE COLONISTS THAT REPRESENTED THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THE KING AND PARLIAMENT DUE UNFAIR TAXES PLACED ON THE COLONIES WITHOUT GIVING THE COLONISTS REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT. |
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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| THE FIRST CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S. IT SET UP A CONFEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WHICH GAVE MORE POWER TO THE STATES AND SET UP A WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. |
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| WEAKNESSES OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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THE U.S. HAD NO MILITARY
CONGRESS COULD NOT ENFORCE LAWS
CONGRESS COULD NOT TAX CITIZENS |
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| THE INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION THAT EXPLAINS THE SIX PURPOSES OF THE GOVERNMENT. |
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| FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE PREAMBLE WHICH MEANS THE PEOPLE RULE (AKA POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.) |
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| PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE |
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| ONE OF THE SIX PURPOSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOUND IN THE PREAMBLE AND IT MEANS THE U.S. HAS A MILITARY TO PROTECT THE NATION. |
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| ONE OF THE REASONS THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT THE U.S. DID NOT HAVE A MILITARY TO STOP THE REBELLION, INSTEAD RELYING ON STATE MILITIAS TO END IT. |
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| INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY |
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| ONE OF THE SIX PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT FOUND IN THE PREAMBLE WHICH ASSURES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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| ONE OF THE SIX PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT FOUND IN THE PREAMBLE THAT ENSURES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AND ENFORCE FAIR LAWS AND THE RULE OF LAW WILL BE FOLLOWED. |
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| THE CONSTITUTION SETS UP A THREE BRANCH GOVERNMENT WHERE EACH BRANCH CHECKS THE ACTIONS OF THE OTHER BRANCHES TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM HAVING TOO MUCH POWER. |
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| THEY BELIEVED IN HAVING A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT THAT ALLOW STATES TO HAVE THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT TOO BUT THEY DID NOT SEE THE NEED FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION. |
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| THEY WERE AGAINST HAVING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND INSTEAD WANTED A GOVERNMENT SIMILAR TO THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION WHERE THE STATES WOULD HAVE MORE POWER. THEY ALSO ARGUED TO HAVE A BILL OF RIGHTS ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION. THEY ALSO FEARED THAT THE ELASTIC CLAUSE WOULD GIVE CONGRESS TOO MUCH POWER. |
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| THE CONSTITUTIONAL IDEA THAT ONE ONE IS ABOVE THE LAWS. |
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| THIS WAS THE FIRST KNOWN WRITTEN SETS OF LAWS FOR A SOCIETY TO FOLLOW. IT WAS ALSO A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE WRITING OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SINCE IT TOO WAS WRITTEN DOWN AND MEANT TO BE OBEYED. |
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| LAW BASED ON CONTRACTS, WRONG DOINGS AND LEGAL MATTERS SUCH AS FILING LAWSUITS. |
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| LAW BASED ON LAWS THAT PUNISH PEOPLE FOR COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTS SUCH AS ROBBERY AND ARSON. |
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| LAWS BASED ON RIGHTS FOUND IN THE U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS, THE OTHER AMENDMENTS AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. EXAMPLES INCLUDE VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH, GETTING AN UNFAIR TRIAL ETC...) |
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| FOURTEENTH (14TH) AMENDMENT |
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| DEFINES UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP WHICH MEANS IF YOU ARE BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE U.S. THEN YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY A U.S. CITIZEN. |
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| IF A PERSON IS BORN ON U.S. SOIL THEN THEY ARE A U.S. CITIZEN. |
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| IF A PERSON HAS AT LEAST ONE AMERICAN PARENT THEN THEY ARE A U.S. CITIZEN NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE BORN. |
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| ARE THINGS A U.S. CITIZEN MUST DO WHICH INCLUDES OBEYING LAWS, PAYING TAXES, MALES REGISTERING FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE AND SERVING ON A JURY. |
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| ARE THINGS A CITIZEN SHOULD DO BUT IS NOT REQUIRED WHICH INCLUDES VOTING, RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND PETITIONING THE GOVERNMENT. |
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| ARE THE FIRST TEN (10) AMENDMENTS TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. |
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| FIVE FREEDOMS OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT |
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| THESE ARE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RELIGION, ASSEMBLY, PRESS AND PETITION. |
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| THIS PROTECTION FOUND IN ARTICLE I SECTION 9 OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WHICH PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM BEING JAILED WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE. |
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| THIS IS A PROTECTION FOUND IN ARTICLE I SECTION 9 OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WHICH PREVENTS PROSECUTING A SOMEONE FOR PUNISHING SOMEONE FOR A CRIME WHEN THE ACT WAS NOT A CRIME WHEN IT WAS COMMITTED. |
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| THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS WHEN YOUR RIGHTS ENDANGER THE PUBLIC SUCH AS YELLING FIRE IN A THEATER WHEN THERE IS NO FIRE. |
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| THE PEOPLE PICKED MUST BASE THEIR DECISIONS ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE AND WITNESS TESTIMONY. |
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| IS THE FINAL DECISION MADE BY A JURY IN A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL TRIAL. A VERDICT MUST BE UNANIMOUS. IF THERE IS REASONABLE DOUBT THEN A JUROR MUST VOTE HIS OR HER CONSCIENCE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE TRIAL TO END WITH NO VERDICT ISSUED. |
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| IS A PERSON OR GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT FILES A COMPLAINT OR LAWSUIT AND ARE SEEKING MONETARY DAMAGES TO BE PAID TO THEM. |
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| IS THE PERSON THAT IS ON TRIAL WHETHER IT BE A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL TRIAL. |
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| IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE ARE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS TRYING TO CONVICT A PERSON FOR CRIMES OR IS TRYING TO PROVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE SUED IN COURT. |
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| STATE OF FLORIDA GOVERNMENT |
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| IS STRUCTURED MUCH LIKE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SINCE IT HAS THREE BRANCHES THAT CHECK AND BALANCE EACH OTHER. |
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ARE USUALLY CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.
THEY PROVIDE THE MOST SERVICES TO PEOPLE. SOME OF THOSE SERVICES INCLUDE TRASH COLLECTION, PROVIDING WATER, SEWER AND POLICE PROTECTION |
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| REGULATE PEOPLE'S PROFESSIONAL LISCENSES WHETHER IT BE A TEACHER, DOCTOR, LAWYER, OR PLUMBER. |
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| U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE THAT UPHELD THE 6TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A LAWYER EVEN IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD ONE. |
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| U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE THAT UPHELD THE 5TH AMENDMENT RIGHT NOT TO INCRIMINATE YOURSELF AND THE 6TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR CRIMINAL TRIAL. |
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| THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE THAT UPHELD A LOUISIANA LAW THAT ALLOWED FOR SEGREGATED RAILWAY CARS WHICH LEGALIZED SEGREGATION THROUGHOUT THE U.S. FOR THE NEXT 60 YEARS. |
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| BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION |
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| U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE THAT ALLOWED SCHOOLS TO BE INTEGRATED AND PARTIALLY UNDID THE PLESSY CASE. |
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| U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE THAT ENSURES THAT PRESIDENTS MUST FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW. |
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| U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE THAT GIVES PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS THE SOLE POWER TO RESTRICT STUDENTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHEN THAT SPEECH HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF DISTURBING THE SCHOOL DAY. |
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| THIS IS THE TERM THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE TWO DOMINANT POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE U.S. WHICH ARE THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. |
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| IS A POLTICAL PARTY'S OFFICIAL STAND ON ISSUES THEY SUPPORT. |
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| ALL GOVERMENT LEVELS (LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL) CONDUCT ELECTIONS. EACH INDIVIDUAL STATE OVERSEES ANY ELECTION WITHIN THE STATE. |
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| THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| MUST BE AT LEAST 35 AND A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. |
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| U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| MUST BE AT LEAST 25, A CITIZEN FOR AT LEAST 7 YEARS AND LIVE IN THE DISTRICT OF THE STATE THEY REPRESENT IN CONGRESS. |
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| MUST BE AT LEAST 30, A CITIZEN FOR AT LEAST 9 YEARS AND LIVE IN THE STATE THEY REPRESENT IN CONGRESS |
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| MUST BE AT LEAST 30, AN ELECTOR (REGISTERED VOTER IN THE STATE) AND LIVE IN THE STATE FOR 7 YEARS PRIOR TO RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR |
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| ESTABLISH JUDICIAL REVIEW |
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| BY MEDIA, INDIVIDUALS, INTEREST GROUPS, LOBBYISTS. |
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| WAYS THAT GOVERNMENT IS INFLUENCED. |
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| CONSISTS OF fLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND FLORIDA SENATE. |
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| IS THE USED OF BIASED INFORMATION IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE OR THE GOVERNMENT. |
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| A PERSONAL OPINION OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS CONSIDERED AS THIS |
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| IS THE USE OF OBJECTS OR SYMBOLS TO REPRESENT AN IDEA. |
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| THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT REGULATES BUSINESS LISCENSES. EXAMPLES INCLUDING LISCENCES FOR OCCUPATIONS SUCH AS TEACHER, LAWYER AND ELECTRICIAN. |
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| THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT DEALS WITH ISSUING U.S. PASSPORTS AND MAKING IMMIGRATION LAWS. |
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| LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (COUNTY, CITY) |
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| THIS LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT PROVIDES MOST SERVICES TO PEOPLE. EXAMPLES INCLUDING PROVIDING FIRE DEPTS, POLICE, AND TRASH PICKUP. |
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| CONSISTS OF A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE CONTROL ALL MEANS OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING GOODS. |
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| IS WHERE GOVERNMENTS CONTROLS OR REGULATES PEOPLE-OWNED BUSINESSES. |
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| IS WHERE A GOVERNMENT OWNS AND CONTROLS ALL BUSINESSES. ANY PROFIT GENERATED IS IS REDISTRIBUTED EQUALLY. |
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| IS THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER NATIONS. |
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| IS DEALING WITH ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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| IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY ARE SIGNED BY A PRESIDENT THEY MUST BE CLEARED BY THE U.S. SENATE. |
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| MAINTAINING GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS. |
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| IS 193 MEMBER COUNTRIES AND THEIR PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER GOOD RELATIONS AND PROMOTE TRADE WITH ONE ANOTHER. |
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| NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION) |
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| IS A INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, ALONG WITH THE U.S. AND CANADA. THEIR PURPOSE TO TO PROTECT EACH OTHER FROM ATTACKS. IT IS A TREATY. |
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| A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. THEIR PURPOSE IS IS AID PEOPLE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WHETHER IT BE NATURAL DISASTERS OR WARS. |
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| IS USUALLY USED BEFORE WE HAVE A CONFLICT (WAR) WITH ANOTHER NATION. |
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| THE U.S. ENTERED THIS CONFLICT AS A RESULT OF THE JAPANESE BOMBING PEARL HARBOR. |
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| A WAY TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER NATION BEFORE GOING TO WAR. IT IS WHERE WE CUT OFF TRADE WITH THAT COUNTRY. |
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| CONFLICT WHERE THE U.S. FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE SOUTH VIETNAM TO TRY TO PREVENT THE COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAMESE FROM TAKING OVER VIETNAM. |
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| ALLOWS THE PRESIDENT TO SEND TROOPS INTO A CONFLICT, HOWEVER CONGRESS MUST APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE TO EXTEND THE CONFLICT. |
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| POWER HELD BY A POWERFUL AND WEALTHY WITHIN A COUNTRY. |
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| INHERITED POWER IN WHICH KINGS AND QUEEN ARE THE HEADS OF THE NATION. |
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| WHERE A KING OR QUEEN HAS TOTAL POWER OVER A NATION |
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| A GOVERNMENT WHERE ONE OR A FEW PEOPLE HOLD THE POWER WITHIN A COUNTRY. |
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| IS A GOVERNMENT WHERE THE PEOPLE ELECT REPRESENTATIVE TO REPRESENT THEM. |
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| ANOTHER TERM FOR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. IT'S ROOTS ARE IN ANCIENT ROME. |
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| A GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS DIVIDED INTO 3 BRANCHES AND EACH BRANCHES CHECKS AND BALANCES ONE ANOTHER TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL. |
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| A GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WHERE THERE IS ONE MAIN GOVERNMENT AND NO STATE GOVERNMENTS. CITIES AND TOWNS MAKE LAWS TOO. |
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| A CONFEDERAL SYSTEM IS A GOVERNMENT SYSTEM WHERE THERE IS A GOVERNMENT OVERSEEING SEVERAL COUNTRIES THAT ARE UNITED. EACH SEPARATE COUNTRY MAINTAINS THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT TOO. |
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| ARTICLE I OF U.S. CONSTITTUTION |
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| CONTAINS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CALLED CONGRESS. |
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| ARTICLE II OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
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| CONTAINS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. |
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| ARTICLE III OF U.S. CONSTITUTION. |
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| CONTAINS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
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| IS WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHARES POWERS WITH THE STATES WHICH ALLOWS STATES TO MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS. |
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| IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION - MEANS THAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. |
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| ARE POWERS GIVEN TO THE 3 BRANCHES BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. THEY ARE LISTED IN THE CONSTITUTION. |
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| POWERS SHARED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS SUCH AS TAXING AND HAVING THEIR OWN SEPARATE COURT SYSTEMS. |
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| POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES BY THE 10TH AMENDMENT. SOME OF THESE POWERS INCLUDE RUNNING SCHOOLS AND SETTING UP COUNTY AND CITY (LOCAL) GOVERNMENTS. |
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| PROPOSING AND RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. |
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| 2/3 OF BOTH HOUSES 3/4 OF ALL STATES |
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| IT IS DIVIDED INTO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE U.S. SENATE. THEY MADE FEDERAL LAWS CALLED ACTS. |
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| CAN BE INTRODUCED IN EITHER HOUSE OF CONGRESS. |
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| AN ORDER MADE BY A PRESIDENT WHICH HAS THE FORCE OF LAW. |
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| IS WHEN A PRESIDENT PICKS SOMEONE TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE CABINET OR SUPREME COURT. IT REQUIRES SENATE APPROVAL. |
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| ONLY HEARS AROUND 100 CASES PER YEAR OUT OF THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS. |
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| PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK (STRUCTURE) FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. |
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| THE FLORIDA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS |
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| THIS IS WHAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS OF FLORIDA IS CALLED. |
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| UPHELD SEGREGATION IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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| BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION |
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| FORCED ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INTEGRATE (DESEGREGATION) |
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| ENSURES THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY EVEN IF THE DEFENDANT CANNOT AFFORD ONE. |
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| PROTECTION FROM SELF-INCRIMINATION WHEN QUESTIONED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
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| GIVES JUVENILES MANY OF THE SAME DUE PROCESS RIGHTS AS ADULTS. |
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| ENSURES THAT PRESIDENT'S FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW TOO. |
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| WAYS CONGRESS CAN CHECK PRESIDENT |
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1. CAN OVERRIDE A PRESIDENT'S VETO BY 2/3 YES VOTE OF BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE.
-SENATE CAN CONFIRM PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS AND TREATIES
-HOR CAN IMPEACH (CHARGE A PRESIDENT)
-SENATE CAN CONDUCT IMPEACHMENT TRIAL |
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| WAYS JUDICIAL BRANCH CAN CHECK PRESIDENT |
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-SUPREME COURT CAN STRIKE DOWN A LAW THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO LAW
-SUPREME COURT CAN STRIKE DOWN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER |
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| WAYS PRESIDENT CAN CHECK CONGRESS |
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| -PRESIDENT CAN VETO A BILL |
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| REQUIREMENT FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE |
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| EACH TERM IS 4 YEARS AND CAN SERVE 2 FULL TERMS. |
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| U.S. SENATE TERMS OF OFFICE |
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| TERM IS 6 YEARS AND THEY CAN SERVE UNLIMITED TERMS. |
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| U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TERM OF OFFICE |
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| TERM IS 2 YEARS AND THEY CAN SERVE UNLIMITED TERMS. |
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