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The founding of a state based on the ideology of white supremacy, the widespread practice of African slavery, and a policy of genocide and land theft.
What is settler colonialism?
The Vice President is the symbolic leader of this chamber whose main role is to break a tie.
What is the Senate?
Authority possessed by both state and national governments, such as the power to levy taxes
What are concurrent powers?
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791; they ensure certain rights and liberties to the people
What is the Bill of Rights?
A political system in which only two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete effectively for control
What is a two-party system?
A theory of John Locke which argues that individuals sacrifice their liberty only through consent.
What is the social contract?
Powers derived from the necessary and proper clause of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution; such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through the expansive interpretation of delegated powers
What are implied powers?
Power delegated by the state to a local unit of government to manage its own affairs
What is home rule?
Areas of personal freedom constitutionally protected from government interference
What are civil liberties?
A private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns
What is a PAC?
In 1803, the Jefferson administration purchase this region without consulting any affected Indigenous nation.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
The claim that confidential communications between a president and close advisers should not be revealed without the consent of the president
What is executive privilege?
Provision from Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution requiring that the states normally honor the public acts and judicial decisions that take place in another state
What is the full faith and credit clause?
Guarantees of equal opportunity and protection for all citizens through obligations imposed on government power--what government must do to ensure that citizens are treated equally.
What are civil rights?
A type of electoral system in which, to win a seat in the parliament or other representative body, a candidate need only receive the most votes in the election, not necessarily a majority of the votes cast
What is a plurality system?
During this presidency, many of the intensive genocidal campaigns against Indigenous civilians took place (1869-1877).
What is the presidency of Andrew Jackson?
The individual or organization that brings a complaint in court
Who is the plaintiff?
Powers reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens
What are police powers?
One of three Civil War amendments; it guaranteed voting rights for African American men
What is the 15th amendment?
An individual voter's psychological ties to one party or another.
What is party identification?
During this time of forced displacement, all the Native nations east of the Mississippi were forced off their lands and relocated to Indian Territory, seventy thousand people in all.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The individual or organization that brings a complaint in court
What is a constituency?
The system of government that prevailed in the United States from 1789 to 1937 in which most fundamental governmental powers were shared between the federal and state governments
What is dual federalism?
Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African Americans
What are Jim Crow laws?
Elections held to select a party's candidate for the general election.
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