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vocab 1 quiz 3
3rd quiz for economics
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Economics
10th Grade
01/26/2011

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Market System
Definition
An economic system that promotes competition
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Equilibrium Price
Definition
Where supply and demand line cross
Term
More Competition
Definition
What would result from more anti-trust legislature
Term
A state-controlled media
Definition
A country with a communist dictator
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2/3 vote
Definition
A veto bill can still be passed
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War Power Act
Definition
A law passed by Congress to check the power of the executive branch
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Citizen's Petition
Definition
The process that start an initiative
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Compromise between House and the Senate
Definition
A bill that goes to a conference committee
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To get laws passed
Definition
The main goal of the interest groups
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Automation Cause
Definition
A decrease in the work force
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Greater Profit
Definition
If you increase worker productivity
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Patents and Copyrights
Definition
How government rewards individual innovation
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Increase Spending
Definition
Government would lower taxes during a recession
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Common Sense
Definition
Thomas Paine asks the colonists to declare independence from England
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Prohibited by US Constitution
Definition
Trying a person twice for the same crime
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Governor
Definition
Responsible for enforcing the laws at the state level
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Platform
Definition
A political party position on issues
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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What is the standard guilt applied in criminal cases
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Petition Zoning Board
Definition
How citizens could prevent commercial buildings in neighborhood
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Prosecution
Definition
Who is responsible for burden of proof in a criminal case
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