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Test 2 Chapt 3&4 Libing Democracy Vance MSJC
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
03/10/2014

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Article 1 Constitution
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Legislative Branch
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Article 2 Constitution
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Executive Branch
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Article 3 Constitution
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Judicial Branch
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Article 4 Constitution
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Interstate Relations
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Article 5 Constitution
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Amendments
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Article 6 Constitution
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Federal State Relations
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Article 7 Constitution
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Ratification
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1st Amendment
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Freedom of religion speech press assembly petition
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2nd Amendment
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Right to bear arms shall not be infringed
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3rd Amendment
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Quarting Soldiers
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4th Amendment
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Search and seizure
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5th Amendment
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Grand Jury, Double Jepordy, Self Incrimination, due Process, Iminenet Domain
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6th Amendment
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Speedy &Public Trail, Trial by Jury of peers, Informed of Charges, Face Accusser, Suepena Witnesses, Right to Counsel
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7th Amendment
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Jury Trial in Civil Cases
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8th Amendment
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Cruel and unusual punishment
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9th amendment
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rights retained by people
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10th Amendment
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Rights retained by the states
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Unitary System
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national government only
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Federal System
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National and state divided
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Sovereignty
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exclusive right of an independent state to reign supreme an base absolute power over a geographic region
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Dillon's Rule
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Staes create and control local goverments
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Home Rule
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Localities can make their own policies provided they don't conflict with state laws
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grants in aid
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federal funds given to state and local governments on the condition that the money is spent for specified purposes defined by officials in washington
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categorical grants
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federal funds targeted for a specific purpose, have many restrictions, 2 types formula and project
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Formula Grants
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funds are distributed according to a particular formula
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Project grants
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awarded on the basis of competitive applications not formulas
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block grants
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allow for much more flexibility in spending
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mcculloch v maryland
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state action may not impede valed constitutional exercises of power by the federal government
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Necessary and proper clause/ Elastic Clause
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"Congress all laws which shall be necessary and and proper, for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution , in the government of the united staes or any department thereof." Article 1 8 18
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cohens v virginia
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supreme court has authority over judicial matters concerning federal law, whether or not earlier decisions on the matter had been issued by state courts or by lower federal courts.
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gibbons v ogden
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congress has authority to regulate interstate commerce
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doctrine of nulification
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states could rule any federal law unconstituional and therefore null and void
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doctrine of secession
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states have a right to declare their independence and create their own form of government
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13th amendment
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banned slavery
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14th amendment
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limit states authoriyt to interfere with certain rights of individuals, due process, equal protection
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15th amendment
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right to vote shall not be denied
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interstate commerce act 1887
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established the interstate commerce comission
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Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
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prevent individual companies from controlling entire industries and to stop companies from working together to rig prices at artificially high levels
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interstae commerce commission
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a reglatroy agency responsivle for implementing rules for transporting goods by rail and ship
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monopoly
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exclusive control by companies over most or all of a particular industry
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hammer v dagenhart
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supreme court struck down the 1916 federal statute barring the interstate transport of goods produced by child labor
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lachner v new yourk
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invalidated a newyour state statute that sought to limit the woking hours of bakery employees to not more than 10 hours per day or 60hrs per week
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