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Chief source of Income for local governments
Property Tax
Love for country and loyalty to that country
Patriotism
The Secret Ballot
Australian Ballot
First Foundational Civil Ordinance
Capital Punishment
Wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner”
Francis Scott Key
Wrote final draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote final draft of US Constitution
Gouverneur Morris
Allegiance to a country and participation in its political and social institutions
Citizenship
Largest unit of local government in most states
County
When a federal law overrides a similar state law
Premption
Father of the Constitution
James Madison
Central govt. is subordinate to the states
Confederacy
Single most important source of revenue for state governments
Sales Tax
Proportional distribution of congressional seats among the states
Apportionment
Past decisions involving similar cases
Prescedents
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 14:34
Private meeting of political party members to decide on policy
Caucus
Highest number of votes won, but less than a majority
Plurality
Formulated the basic ideas of communism
Karl Marx
Only state to have a unicameral legislature
Nebraska
Amendment that guarantees a “speedy and quick trial” in criminal cases
Amendment 6
Article that established the Judicial Branch
Article III
Amendment that forbids cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 8
Amendment granting women the right to vote
Amendment 19
Article that declares the Constitution the “supreme law of the land”
Article VI