- (PAC) political organizationestablished by a corporation, labor union, or otherspecial interest group designed to support candidatesby contributing money: political action committee
- 13: # delegates to become H of R members
- 19: # Delgates to become senators
- 2/3 vote of Congress or 2/3 state legislatures AND 3/4 of states legislatures or 3/4 of special state conventions agree: Give 2 ways that amendments can be passed
- 4: # delegates to become justices
- 4: # delegates to be on Supreme Court
- 55: How many men attended the Constitutional Convention
- A bicameral legislature (Senate with equal representation and House based on population): What was the main part of the Great Compromise?
- a certain percentage of deposits that banks have toset aside as cash in their own vaults or as deposits intheir Federal Reserve district bank: reserve
- a combination of two or more companies to forma single business: merger
- a competing product that consumers can use inplace of another: substitute
- a country whose average per capitaincome is only a fraction of that in more industrializedcountries: developing country
- a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspects property and take specific items as evidence: search warrant
- a customs duty; a tax on an imported good: tariff
- a farm in which the land is owned by thegovernment but rented to a family: collective farm
- a financial institution that offers fullbanking services to individuals and businesses: commercial bank
- a formal charge by a grand jury: indictment
- a formal request for a government action: petition
- a geographic area that contains a specific numberof voters: precinct
- a good purchased from one country by another: import
- a government in which one leader or groupof people holds absolute power: authoritarian
- a government payment to an individual, business,or group in exchange for certain actions: subsidy
- a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime: grand jury
- a group of people who share a point of viewabout an issue and unite to promote their beliefs: interest group
- a limit on the amount of foreign goods importedinto a country: quota
- a market situation in which the costs ofproduction are minimized by having a single firmproduce the product: natural monopoly
- a market where producers offer goodsand services for sale: product market
- a market where productive resources arebought and sold: factor market
- a mechanism of mass communication, includingtelevision, radio, newspapers, magazines, recordings,movies, and books: mass media
- a meeting of political party members to conductparty business: caucus
- a monarch that has complete andunlimited power to rule his or her people: absolute monarch
- a movement to educate buyers about thepurchases they make and to demand better and saferproducts from manufacturers: consumerism
- a party that challenges the two major parties: third party
- a person who runs a county committee,often having a great deal of political power in thecounty: county chairperson
- A president or elected leader: Who rules a republic
- a process by which political parties select andoffer candidates for public office: nomination
- a program that gives taxcredits and even cash payments to qualified workers: earned income tax credit
- a programthat provides help for nutrition and health care tolow income women, infants, and children up to age 5: WIC
- a reliance on others, as they relyon you, to provide goods and services to be consumed: economic interdependence
- a representative to a meeting: delegate
- a ruler who exercises complete control over astate: dictator
- a series of statements expressing the party’s principles,beliefs, and positions on election issues: platform
- a special election in which citizens can vote toremove a public official from office; situation in whicha company pulls a product off the market or agrees tochange it to make it safe: recall
- a specialist whose job is to conduct polls regularly: pollster
- a strong party organization that can controlpolitical appointments and deliver vote: political machine
- a sum of money required of voters before they arepermitted to cast a ballot: poll tax
- a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensurethat an accused person returns for his or her trial: bail
- a survey in which individuals are askedto answer questions about a particular issue or person: public opinion poll
- a system in which government control extendsto almost all aspects of people’s lives: totalitarian
- a system in which private citizens own most, ifnot all, of the means of production and decide how touse them within legislated limits: capitalism
- a system of government in which twoparties compete for power: two-party system
- a system of government in whichboth executive and legislative functions reside in anelected assembly: parliamentary system
- a tax that takes a larger percentageof higher incomes than lower incomes: progressive income tax
- Addition of a Bill of Rights: What promise helped get the constitution ratified?
- Africans: What immigrants did not come willingly to the United States?
- Aliens: Noncitizens
- all civilians 16 years old or older whoare either working or are looking for work: civilian labor fource
- alternating periods of growth and declinethat the economy goes through: business cycle
- Amend: To change
- Amending the constitution: What does Article 5 of the Constitution deal with?
- Amendment: A change to the Constitution
- an account in which customers receiveinterest based on how much money they havedeposited: savings account
- an account in which deposited moneycan be withdrawn at any time by writing a check: checking account
- an association of voters with broad commoninterests who want to influence or control decisionmaking in government by electing the party’scandidates to public office: political party
- an economic system in which thedecisions of what, how, and for whom to produceare based on custom or habit: traditional economy
- an economic system in which themajor economic decisions are made by the centralgovernmen: command economy
- an election in which voters choose candidatesto represent each party in a general election: direct primary
- an election in which voters need not declaretheir party preference to vote for the party’s nominees: open primary
- an institution that lends money to otherbanks; also, the place where the government does itsbanking business: central bank
- an international body that oversees trade among nations: world trade organization
- an organization that supports causesthat affect the lives of Americans in general: public interest group
- Anti-Federalists: Name for people that did not like the Constitution
- Because governments have a limited amount of money and must make sure that they use it wisely: Why is planning a budget important to a government's success?
- Because lobbyists bribe lawmakers: Why has lobbying been criticized in the past?
- Because the delegates wanted to be able to speak freely without being judged on what they said later: Why were there no records at the Constitutional Convention?
- Because they both adopt a moderate view in order to appeal to the most voters: Why do today's political parties seem so similiar?
- Because voters change their mind a lot: Why is public opinion on political candidates considered unstable?
- Because without them, life would be horrible and people would only think about themselves: Why did Hobbes believe that people needed governments?
- Benjamin Franklin: Oldest Delegate to the constitutional convention
- Between 1890 and 1924: When did the largest group of European immigrants come to the US?
- bicameral: Another name for a two-house legislature
- Bill of Rights: Another name for the first 10 amendments
- both coins and paper money: currency
- boycott: To refuse to buy or use
- budget: A plan for collecting and spending money
- Campaigning for candidate, informing voters, helping manage government, linking levels of government, and acting as a watchdog: What are the 5 main jobs of political parties?
- censorship: The ban of printed materials
- Charles I: Monarch that canceled the Virginia Company's charter and made Virginia a royal colony controlled by the crowm
- Charles Pickney: Youngest delegate to constitutional convention
- Charles Thomson: Designed the seal of the US and was the secretary to the Continantal Congress
- Charter: Written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments
- Checks and balances: Principle where all branches of government can check the power of the others
- choosing the alternative that has the greatestvalue from among comparable quality products: rational choice
- citizens: Community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it
- civics: The study of the rights and duties of citizens
- Civil liberties: Freedoms we have to think and act without government interference ot fear of unfair treatment
- Coercive Acts: What did England call the Intolerable Acts?
- colony: A group of people in one place ruled by a parent country elsewhere
- Common civic and political heritage based on US founding documents and a single language: What are two sources of American Unity?
- Common law: A system of law that is based on precedent and customs and rests on court decisions rather than regulations written by lawmakers
- compact: An agreement or contract anomg a group of people
- Concurrent powers: Powers shared by the national and state governments
- Confederation: A group of individuals who band together for a common purpose
- conflict between the US and the soviet union dating from the later 1940's to the late 1980's: Cold War
- constitution: A written plan for government
- court with authority to hear casesabout human rights violations: international tribunal
- Declaratory Act: Act passed by England stating that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies in all cases
- decreasing satisfaction orusefulness as additional units of a product are acquired: diminishing marginal utility
- delegates: Representatives
- Democracy: A government in which the people rule
- Democratic Party: What is the name of the Democratic-Republican Party today?
- deport: To send an illegal immigrant back to their own country
- dictatorship: A government controlled be one person or a small group of people
- Dictatorship: the government is controlled by only one person or a select few people; Democracy: the citizens run the government: What is the difference between a dictatorship and democracy?
- Direct democracy: A type of democracy in which every citizen perticipates in the government firsthand
- Direct Democracy: What kind of government did the Mayflower Compact set up?
- Direct democracy: all citizens participate firsthand in the government; Representative democracy: citizens choose a smaller group to represent them: What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?
- Diverse: Give one word to describe the American population.
- downward sloping line that graphicallyshows the quantities demanded at each possible price: demand curve
- each individual part of a political party’s platform: plank
- Each slave counted for three fifths of a free person: What was in the Three-Fifths Compromise?
- economic goods that are consumedcollectively, such as highways and national defense: public goods
- economic model that compares themarginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision: cost benefit analysis
- economic system in which government ownssome factors of production and distributes theproducts and wages: socialism
- economic system in which individuals andbusinesses are allowed to compete for profit with aminimum of government interference: free enterprise
- economic system in which the centralgovernment directs all major economic decisions: communism
- Eighteenth: Amendment prohibiting alcohol
- Eighth: AMendment preventing excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
- Eleventh: Amendment about suits against the state
- English Bill of Rights: Document stating that the monarch could not suslend Parliament's laws, among other rules giving power to Parliament
- executive: Branch of government that carries out the laws
- Expressed powers: Powers given only to the national government
- federal agency that insures individual accounts in financialinstitutions for up to $100,000: federal deposit insurance corporation
- federalism: Form of government in which power is divided between the states and national government
- Federalist Party: What party did Hamilton found?
- Federalists: Name for supporters of the Constitution
- Fifteenth: Amendment saying that African Americans have the right to vote
- Fifth: Amendment preventing double jeapordy, saying that you don't have to testify against yourself, and due process
- financial institutionsthat traditionally loaned money to people buyinghomes: savings and loan association
- firm that does business or has offices inmany countries: multinational
- First: Amendment granting freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and to petition
- Follow a set of rules and accept the government's authority: As a citizen, what do you agree to do?
- following established legal procedures: due process
- For work and a better life: Why do you think that aliens come to the US?
- Fourteenth: Amendment protecting the rights of citizens and gave African Americans the right to be citizens
- Fourth: Amendment preventing against unreasonable searches and seizures
- fundamental freedoms of individuals: human rights
- GDP after adjustments for inflation: real GDP
- George III: Under which king did England adopt a policy of mercantilism? (same king that adopted all of the Acts)
- George III: Under what king did colonists break away from England?
- gifts of nature that make productionpossible: natural resources
- Glorious Revolution: Event that showed that Parliament had more power than the monarch
- goods that, when consumed by one individual,cannot be consumed by another: private goods
- government: The ruling authority for a community
- government censorship of material before itis published: prior restraint
- government coupons that can be used topurchase food: food stamps
- government that gives all key powers to thenational or central government: unitary system
- Governor and lawmaking body appointed by the Virginia Company: Original government of Jamestown
- Gross Domestic Product per person: per capita GDP
- Having citizenship in two countries: What is dual citizenship?
- Henry III: King that allowed Parliament to meet
- House of Burgesses: The name of the first representative body in Jamestown that was elected by the people
- How much the government should be involved: What was the main difference between the original political parties of Jefferson and Hamilton?
- human effort directed toward producing goods andservices: labor
- If they were born outside of the US but both of their parents are citizens or one parent is a citizen that has actually lived in the US: How can an American citizen obtain dual citizenship?
- Immigrant: People who move permanatly to a new country
- Implied Powers: What type of powers does the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution give Congress?
- In order to figure out what the people want: Why might a lawmaker want to interact with a lobbyist?
- In order to pay off debt for the French and Indian War: Why did Great Britain raise taxes on American colonists after 1763?
- income tax: Tax on people's earnings
- Independence: Self-reliance and freedom from outside control?
- individual elected by thenational committee who manages the daily operationsof the national party: national party chairperson
- individuals and nations working across barriersof distance, culture, and technology: globalization
- individuals who start new businesses,introduce new products, and improve managementtechniques: entreprenuer
- Intolerable Acts: Act passed by England that restricted the colonists rights and allowed British soldiers to search and move in to colonists' homes
- involvement in world affairs: internationalism
- issues considered most significant bygovernment officials: public agenda
- It gave rights to the citizens, took away power from the monarch, and gave power to Parliament: Why was the English Bill of Rights important to English citizens?
- James I: King that granted a charter for Virginia
- James II: King that was kicked out of throne and replaced by his daughter and son in law
- Jefferson: Who was the founder of the Democratic-Republican Party?
- John Dickinson: Man that urged his fellow delegates to the Constitutiona Convention to ratify the constitution, even if it wasn't perfect
- Josiah Martain: The last royal governor of North Carolina
- judicial: Branch of government that interprets and applies the laws
- King John: Monarch that signed the Magna Carta and treated citizens harshly
- legislation to prevent new monopolies fromforming and police those that already exist: antitrust law
- legislative: Lawmaking branch of government
- Legislature: A lawmaking body
- line of rulers from the same family: dynasty
- Magna Carta: English document stating that no one was above the law, gave rights to landholding citizens, and protected the nobles' rights
- majority rule: A pricniple of democracy in which when differences of opinion arise, citizens abide by what most people want
- Marked the beginning of self government in America: What is the historical significance of Virginia's House of Burgesses?
- mass murder of a people because of their race,religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture: genocide
- Mayflower Compact: Written plan for government signed by the Plymouth colonists
- measure of responsiveness relating changein quantity demanded to a change in price: demand elasticity
- measure of the change in price overtime of a specific group of goods and services: consumer price index
- measure such as withholding economic aid used to influence a foreign government’s actions: sanctions
- Mercantilism: Theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys
- metallic form of money such as pennies, nickels, anddimes: coin
- Migration: The mass movement of people from one area to another
- Monarch: A king or queen
- money income left after all taxes on ithave been paid: disposable income
- money income left after necessitieshave been bought and paid for: discretionary income
- NAFTA: What group helps with trade in North America?
- nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country: satellite
- Naturalization: The legal process by which foreigners can become a citizen
- newspapers, magazines, newsletters, andbooks: print media
- Nineteenth: Amendment giving women the right to vote
- Ninth: Amendment saying that rights not listed in the constitution cannot be taken away from the people
- nonprofit service cooperative that acceptsdeposits, makes loans, and provides other financialservices: credit union
- not having enough resources to produce all of thethings we would like to have: scarcity
- one: How many votes did each state have under the Articles of Confederation?
- organization of European nations whosegoal is to encourage economic integration into a singlemarket in Europe: european union
- Parliament: Lawmaking body of England
- part of the business cycle in which economicactivity increases: expansion
- part of the business cycle in which the nation’soutput does not grow for at least six months: recession
- Patriotism: Love for one's country
- period of prosperity in a business cycle in whicheconomic activity is at its highest point: peak
- Petition: A formal request
- policy of reduced trade barriers: free trade
- policy of trade restrictions to protectdomestic industries: protectionism
- policy that involves changing the rate ofgrowth of the money supply in circulation in order toaffect the cost and availability of credit: monetary policy
- Popular sovereignty: Notion that power lies with the people
- Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, rule of law, and federalism: 5 main principles listed in the Constitution
- Preamble: Part of the Constitution that explains why it was written
- precedent: A ruling in an earlier case used as a basis for a ruling of a current case
- previously manufactured goods used to makeother goods and services: capital
- Private interest groups work only for a certian group while public interest groups work for the common good: What is the difference between private and public interest groups?
- product often used with another product: complement
- programs intended to make up for pastdiscrimination by helping minority groups and womengain access to jobs and opportunities: affirmative action
- programs that require welfare recipients toexchange some of their labor in return for benefits: workfare
- Public Policy: A course of government action to achieve community goals
- purchase or sale of U.S. governmentbonds and Treasury bills: open market operations
- putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted: double jeopardy
- radio, television, and the Internet: electronic media
- rain containing high amounts of chemicalpollutants: acid rain
- Ratify: To approve
- refusal to sign a bill or resolution: veto
- repeal: To cancel
- Representative democracy: A type of democracy in which citizens choose representatives to represent them in the government
- representative of an interest group who contactslawmakers or other government officials directly toinfluence their policy making: lobbyist
- representatives from the 50 state partyorganizations who run a political party: national committee
- requirements for survival, such as food, clothing,and shelter: needs
- Reserved powers: Powers given only to the state
- responsiveness of quantity supplied to achange in price: supply elasticity
- reward offered to try to persuade people to takecertain economic actions: incentive
- Rhode Island: What state did not have a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?
- rule of law: Term that means that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
- Second: Amendment giving the right to bear arms
- second primary election between the twocandidates who received the most votes in the firstprimary election: runoff primary
- separation of powers: What was the main thing that the Virginia Plan called for?
- separation of powers: Another word for the split between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- Separation of powers, checks and balances, not created by legislature but by a special convention: How did the Massachusetts state constitution differ from most other state constitutions?
- Seventeenth: Amendment about the direct election of senators
- Seventh: Amendment saying that a jury must be granted in any civil suit over $20
- several adjoining precincts making up a largerelection unit: ward
- Sign a statement saying that they want to become a citizen: What is the first step an alien takes to become a citizen?
- simplified representation of the real worldthat economists develop to describe how the economybehaves and is expected to perform in the future: economic model
- singling out an individual as a suspect dueto appearance of ethnicity: racial profiling
- situation in which quantity demanded is greaterthan quantity supplied: shortage
- situation in which quantity supplied is greaterthan quantity demanded; situation in which governmentspends less than it collects in revenues: surplus
- situation in which the value of the productsexported by a country exceeds the value of its imports: trade surplus
- situation in which the value of the productsimported by a country exceeds the value of its exports: trade deficit
- Sixteenth: Amendment giving congress the right to collect taxes
- Sixth: Amendment saying that you must be told of your charges, gives accused a jury, gives lawyer
- So they can tell if their actions are effective to the citizens: Why are government officials interested in public opinion?
- Spaniards: Who were the first immigrants to what is now the United States?
- spoken untruths that are harmful to one's reputation: slander
- Stamp Act: Act passed by England requiring all colonists to attatch expensive tax stamps to newspapers and legal documents
- sustained increase in the general level of prices: inflation
- system combining characteristics of morethan one type of economy: mixed economy
- system in which individuals own thefactors of production and make economic decisionsthrough free interaction: market economy
- system of laws that separated racial and ethnicgroups and limited the rights of blacks in South Africa: apartheid
- table showing quantities demanded atdifferent possible prices: demand schedule
- table showing quantities supplied atdifferent possible prices: supply schedule
- tangible products that we use to satisfy our wantsand needs: goods
- Tariffs and quotas: What are the 2 main common barriers to trade?
- Tea Act: Act passed by England that did not require the East Indian Trading Company to pay taxes on tea, which allowed them to sell it cheaper
- television: What is the most common way form of media?
- Tenth: Amendment saying that all powers not given to the government are given to the people
- Terrorism: The use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal
- The ability of a country to produce a good at a lower cost than another country can: What is comparitave advantage?
- the ability of a country to producea good at a lower opportunity cost: comparative advantage
- the act of buyers and sellers freely andwillingly engaging in market transactions: voluntary exchange
- the additional or extra benefit associatedwith an action: marginal benefit
- the additional or extra opportunity costassociated with an action: marginal cost
- the alternative you face if you decide to do onething rather than another: trade off
- the amount of goods and services that producersare able and willing to sell at various prices during aspecified time period: supply
- the amount of satisfaction one gets from a good orservice: utility
- The Articles: Part of the Constitutionthat explains how the government works
- The Articles of Confederation: The first constitution of the US that was very weak
- the breaking down of a job into separate,smaller tasks to be performed individually: division of labor
- the careful preservation and protection ofnatural resources: conservation
- the concept that people are normally willingto buy less of a product if the price is high andmore of it if the price is low: law of demand
- The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land: What does Article 6 say?
- The constitution will take effect after 9 states ratify it: What does article 7 say?
- the cost of the next best alternative use oftime and money when choosing to do one thing ratherthan another: opportunity cost
- the course of action the government takes inresponse to an issue or problem: public policy
- the degree to which resources are beingused efficiently to produce goods and services: productivity
- the desire, willingness, and ability to buy a goodor service: demand
- the difference between the value of anation’s exports and its imports: balance of trade
- the driving force that encourages individualsand organizations to improve their material well being: profit motive
- The Electoral College: Who votes for the president?
- The EU: What group in Europe helps link the countries so they can trade more easily?
- The FCC or the Federal Communications Commissions: What is one government group that regulates broadcasts?
- the federal government’s use of spending andtaxation policies to affect overall business activity: fiscal policy
- The First Continental Congress: What group sent a letter to King George III asking that the Intolorable Acts be repealed?
- the freedom to own and use ourown property as we choose as long as we do notinterfere with the rights of others: private property rights
- the ideas and attitudes that most peoplehold about elected officials, candidates, government,and political issues: public opinion
- the interest rate the Fed charges on its loans: discount rate
- the leader of the executive branch of aparliamentary government: prime minister
- The Massachusetts Constitution: What constitution was used as the basis for the American Constitution?
- the material well being of an individual,group, or nation measured by how well their necessitiesand luxuries are satisfied: standard of living
- the methods or processes used to make goodsand services: technology
- the money a business receives for its products orservices over and above its costs: profit
- the most powerfulcommittee of the Fed, because it makes the decisionsthat affect the economy as a whole by manipulating themoney supply: federal open market committee
- the most votes among all those running for apolitical office: purality
- The national government make laws that affect the entire country while state governments only make laws for their individual state: How so the general duties of the national governmant differ from those of the state governments?
- the payment people receive when they lend moneyor allow someone else to use their money: interest
- the percentage of people in the civilianlabor force who are not working but are looking forjobs: unemployment rate
- the power of the hereditary ruleris limited by the country’s constitution: constitutional monarchy
- the price at which the amount producersare willing to supply is equal to the amount consumersare willing to buy: equilibrum price
- the price of one nation’s currency in termsof another nation’s currency: exchange rate
- the principle that suppliers will normallyoffer more for sale at higher prices and less at lowerprices: law of supply
- the promise made by a manufacturer or a sellerto repair or replace a product within a certain timeperiod if it is faulty: warranty
- the release of secret government information byanonymous government officials to the media: leak
- the responsibility of consumers to respectthe rights of producers and sellers: ethical behavior
- the right of government to take private property for public use: eminent domain
- the right to vote: suffrage
- the rights of full citizenship and equality underthe law: civil rights
- the role of consumer as the rulerof the market, determining what products will beproduced: consumer soverieignty
- the social separation of the races: segregation
- the states: What does Article 4 of the Constitution deal with?
- the struggle that goes on between buyers andsellers to get the best products at the lowest prices: competition
- the study of how individuals and nations makechoices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfilltheir needs and wants: economics
- the surrender of powers to local authorities bya central government: devolution
- the total demand of all consumers for aproduct or service: market demand
- the total of all the supply schedules of allthe businesses that provide the same good or service: market supply
- the unintended side effect of an action thataffects someone not involved in the action: externality
- things we would like to have, such as entertainment,vacations, and items that make life comfortableand enjoyable: wants
- Third: Amendment saying that you cannot be forced to hold soldiers in your home in times of peace
- Thirteenth: Amendment abolishing slavery
- timed deposit that states the amountof the deposit, maturity, and rate of interest being paid: certificate of deposit
- To decide whether or not they should break away from Britain: Why did colonists gather at the Second Continental Congress?
- To help domestic industries: Why do nations place quotas on imported goods?
- To make others look bad or to see how the public reacts: Why would a government official leak information to the media?
- to promote a social, economic, or moral issue: Why do single issue parties form?
- To protect the rights of the people: According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the purpose of government?
- to sell goods to other countries; or a good producedin one country, then sold to another: export
- to set aside income for a period of time so that itcan be used later: saving
- total dollar value of all finalgoods and services produced in a country during asingle year: Gross Domestic Product
- Townshend Acts: Act passed by England that levied new taxes on goods imported to the colonies
- trade agreement designed to reduce tariff barriers betweenMexico, Canada, and the United States: north american free trade agreement
- Twelfth: Amendment saying that the president and vice president can be elected together (the runner up is not VP)
- Twentieth: Amendment setting the date of when the presidential term ends and tells what happens if the president dies in office
- Twenty-fifth: AMendment talking about what happens if the president is disabled
- Twenty-first: Amendment repealing the prohibition of alcohol
- Twenty-fourth: Amendment getting rid of poll taxes
- Twenty-second: Amendment setting the term limit for a president to two terms (10 years)
- Twenty-seventh: Amendment saying that congress cannot give themselves a payraise mid year
- Twenty-sixth: Amendment lowering the voting age to 18
- Twenty-third: Amendment giving electors to DC in presidential elections
- unfair treatment based on prejudice againsta certain group: discrimination
- upward sloping line that graphically showsthe quantities supplied at each possible price: supply curve
- Virginia had bicameral legislature based on population and New Jersey had a unicameral legislature with equal representation: What was the main difference between the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
- Voluntarily give it up (must be done in a foreign country with a formal oath signed in the presence of an American official): What is the most common way that a person loses American citizenship?
- when people, businesses, regions, and ornations concentrate on goods and services that theycan produce better than anyone else: specialization
- Whether or not you have to declare your political party before you vote: What is the difference between an open and closed primary?
- William and Mary: People that came into power after the Glorious Revolution
- work performed by a person for someone elseservicesresources necessary to producegoods and services: factors of production
- written untruths that are harmful to one's career: libel
- WTO: What group helps encourage trade among the world?