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Economic system of trading nations; belief that a nation's power was directly related to its wealth
What is mercantalism?
100
person who seeks to influence political events
What is a lobbyist?
100
the constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
What is the 13th amendment?
100
a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
What is a subpoena?
100
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
What is a law?
200
the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
What is magna carta?
200
the force of policemen and officers
What is police?
200
civil rights for women.
What is the 19th amendment?
200
Taxes placed on manufactured products. The excise tax on whiskey helped raise revenue for Hamilton's program.
What is excise taxes?
200
a division of the trial court (federal or state), serving a specific geographic area, with only one judge usually required to hear and decide a case
What is a district court?
300
document that gave England a government based on a system of laws and a freely elected parliament
What is English Bill of Rights?
300
Protestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization
What are puritans?
300
gives rights to not incriminate yourself.
What is the 5th amendment?
300
The issue over whether congress could regulate trade, Northern States said they could, The Southern States said they couldn't, The outcome was that Congress could regulate trade, No export tax, and No limit on slave trade for 20 years
What is the commerce and slave trade compromise?
300
A financial institution owned by its members that provides savings and checking accounts and other services to its membership at low fees
What is a Credit Union?
400
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
What is republic?
400
English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania
What are quakers?
400
gives authority to the states.
What is the 10th amendment?
400
Public schools that have been given the autonomy to establish their own curricula and teaching practices
What are charter schools?
400
a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
What is a filibuster?
500
Secret societies formed to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. Led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors.
What is Sons of Liberty?
500
English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 1620
What are pilgrims?
500
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
What is the 27th amendment?
500
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
What is a petition?
500
the branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation's laws
What is the judicial branch?