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What is Constitution?
A document that has 27 amendments and sets the guidelines for our country.
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What are Mandates?
Something that is required at a state or federal level.
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What are Platforms?
A topic the political party has a goal set about/around.
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What are the Articles of Confederation?
A document that establishes the functions of the US without Britain.
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What is Closed Primary?
To enter and vote you must be registered for a certain party.
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What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments of a document that make up our rights.
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What are Grants?
Funds are given by the government to build public service projects and the economy.
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What are Political Parties?
An organization that elects candidates to run
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What is Shay's Rebellion?
An event that revealed the weakness of the government under the AoC.
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What is Open Primary?
To enter and vote you do not have to be registered for a specific party
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What is the Declaration of Independence?
States the natural rights of citizens.
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What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
A clause that states the citizens must respect other states' acts, records, and judicial proceedings.
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What are the Problems between Political Parties?
They do not always have the same ideology and do not agree fully on the same things.
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What is the impact of the Consitution?
A new creation of a new branch of government.
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What is Straight Ticket Voting?
When someone has a voting ballot they only pick candidates that are in the same party as them.
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What is Brutus 1?
A document that argued that the federal government had too much power.
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What is Extradition?
A clause that states other states must surrender alleged criminals to the state where they had been allegedly committed.
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What are the Republicans and Democrats?
The two main political parties.
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What are Federalists?
People were in favor of the creation of the constitution and wanted a strong centralized gov.
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What is the Electoral College?
538 Presidential voters come together to give their vote to a specific candidate.
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What is Fed 10?
A document that argued the US would not do well individually and we need a strong centralized government.
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What are Treaties
Alliances with other countries.
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What is a 3rd party
Have ideology that doesn't fit with either of the two main sides. There are very many of these.
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What are Anti-Federalists?
People who opposed the creation of the Constitution and favored small localized gov.
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What is Popular Sovereignty?
The government is based on the citizen's vote and the citizen's opinions.
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