Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Vocabulary :: essays research papers
Vocabulary: 1.     Amendment: Written change in the Constitution. 2.     Balanced Budget: Budget in which income equals expenses. 3.     Birthrate: Number of births per 1,000 persons during one year. 4.     Block Grant: Federal funds given to state and local governments for broad purposes. 5.     Brown v. Board of Education: Concerned eight-year-old Linda Brown, a black girl living in Topeka, Kansas. The school only five blocks from Linda’s home was for whites only. 6.     City: Largest type of municipality. 7.     Commander-In-Chief: Role of the President as head of the armed forces. 8.     Concurring Opinion: Statement written by a Supreme Court Justice who agrees with the majority but for different reasons. 9.     Counties: Subdivision of state government formed to carry out state laws, collect taxes, and supervise elections. 10.     Debt Limit: Limit on the amount of money a government may borrow. 11.     Delegated Powers: Power given to the federal government by the Constitution. 12.     Dissenting Opinion: Statement written by a Supreme Court Justice who disagrees with the majority decision. 13.     Double Jeopardy: Being tried a second time for the same crime. 14.     Draft: Policy requiring men to serve in the military. 15.     Due Process: Right of all people to a fair trial. 16.     Electoral College: Group of people who cast the official votes that elect the President and Vice President. 17.     Filibuster: Method of delaying action in the Senate by making long speeches. 18.     General Election: Election in which the voters elect our leaders. 19.     Glittering Generalities: Method uses words that sound good but have little real meaning. 20.     Home Rule: Power of a city to write its own municipal charter and to manage its own affairs. 21.     Immigrant: Person who comes to a nation to settle as a permanent resident. 22.     Implied Power: Authority not specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution but which is suggested to be necessary to carry out the specific powers. 23.     Interest: Payment made for the use of loaned money. 24.     Interest Group: Organization of people with common interests who try to influence government policies and decisions. 25.     Lobbyist: Person paid to represent an interest group’s viewpoint at congressional committee hearings and who tries to influence the votes of Congress members. 26.     Marbury v. Madison: The case involved William Marbury, who had been promised appointment as a justice of the peace, and Secretary of State James Madison. 27.     Major-Council Plan: System of local government in which voters elect a city council to make laws and a major to carry out laws. 28.     Misdemeanor: Less serious crime, such as a traffic violation. 29.     Personal Income Tax: Tax on the income a person earns. 30.     Plank: Each part of a political party’s platform. 31.     Political Action Committee: Political arm of a interest group that collects voluntary contributions from members and contributes it to political candidates and parties it favors.
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