CHAPTER 1
process of forming an opinion after weighing relevant facts
Critical Thinking
First TEN AMENDMENTS to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Chief Justice from 1801-1835
John Marshall
April 1961 Anti-Castro Cubans invade Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Terrorist organization that attacked the U. S. on 9/11
al Qaeda
shared beliefs among a people about politics
Political Culture
Compromise where states formally elect the President and Vice-President
Electoral College
Which president tried to pack the Supreme Court with additional justices
Franklin Roosevelt
October 1962 US-SOVIET come to the brink of nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
Terrorist organization trained for 9/11 in this country
Afghanistan
Economic system based upon private transactions and limited government intervention
Capitalism
Exploitation of the minority
Tyranny of the majority
Party favoring a strong national government
Federalists
Alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.
James Earl Ray
On 9/11, United Flight 93 targeted this building
U. S. Capitol
Commitment to personal initiative and self-sufficiency
Individualism
Person who criticized the Constitution in his dissertation entitled "Congressional Government"
Woodrow Wilson
Case where the Court ruled that "goods produced by child labor are harmless"
Hammer v. Dagenhart
He was assassinated after winning the California primary for president on June 5, 1968
Robert F. Kennedy (RFK)
15 of the 19 hijackers from this country committed the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Saudi Arabia
Judging accuracy of a claim based upon who is saying it or whether we've heard it before
Cognitive laziness
Entering into arrangement where person leave the state of nature and submit to government authority in exchange for protection
SOCIAL CONTRACT
Case that established LIBERTY OF CONTRACT because NY tried to limit maximum hours for workers
Lochner v. NY (1908)
1978 Committee ruled that organized crime assassinated JFK
House Select Committee on Assassinations
Israeli intelligence agency suspected of having prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks
Mossad