Civics Final
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- Civics
- study of citizenship and government
- Legislative
- a group of people who make laws for a state or a country
- Popular Sovereignty
- The idea that the people should have the right to rule themselves
- Civil Rights
- The rights guanteed to the U.S. citizens
- Jurisdiction
- The authority of a court to hear and decide a case
- Capitalism
- economic system in which individuals invest money in businesses in hopes of a profit
- Monopoly
- control of supply of a particular product or service by one company or a small group of people
- National Debt
- total amount the gov. owes on money it has borrowed
- Diplomacy
- process of conducting relations with foreign gov.
- Protectionism
- use of tariffs to protect a nations economy
- Bicameral
- two house legislator
- Cabinet
- group appointed by the president to act as advisors & be in charge of various gov. departments
- writ of habeas corpus
- cpurt order that guarentees a person arrested the right to appear before a judge in a court of law
- Executive Order
- rule issued by the president that has the force of law
- Primary election
- election held among party members to nominate candidates to run for office
- Infrastructure
- an areas system of roads, bridges, water, and sewers
- Glasnost
- word meaning "openess" that refers to a policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in Soviet Union
- Investment
- something purchase with hopes of a profit
- Plea Bargin
- agreement in which defendent pleads guilty to a lesser charge so the case doesn't have to go to trial
- Penal Code
- document that defines what acts are considered crimes within a state
- Ruled that a police officer must inform suspects of their rights at the time of arrest.
- Miranda V. Arizona
- One of the descriptions the colonist used for King George III.
- Tyrant
- Absolute ruler with the right to unlimited control over the rule of its people.
- Autocracy
- Landmark case established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.
- Marbury V. Madison
- Established the tradition of direct democracy that still common in New England.
- Mayflower Compact
- Agreement that created the U.S. bicameral legislator, proposed by the Connecticut Delegates
- Great Compromise
- Supreme court landmark case that establiishe seperate but equal policy permitted segregation
- Plessy V. Ferguson
- Nobles forced King James to sign this document that said "no man is above the law"
- Magna Carta
- Any change in the constitution.
- Ammendments
- A type of election that is limited to vote for a particular political party only
- General Election