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Moved from rule of man to rule of law
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25 millon people die in Europe bubonic plague.
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when he went around the world and discovered America
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1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, founded by English settlers, who begin growing tobacco.
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king decided to sign petition of right
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king decided to sign petition of right
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crown and paraliament
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William and Mary chosen to rule, but had to govern according to statutes of Parliament
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English Bill of Rights passed
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sugar imported by the colonies so as to give british sugar growers in the west indies a monopoly on the colonial market
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an act regulating duty a tax on the legal recognition of documents
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explains why the colonies should break away from Britain.
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A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed
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General election marks end of campaign
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known as layer-cake federalism or divided sovereignty, is a political arrangement in which power is divided between the federal and state governments in clearly defined terms, with state governments exercising those powers accorded to them without interference from the federal government.
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1791 - Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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an amendment must be ratified three-fourths of the states (38 since 1959) by either (as determined by Congress): The legislatures of three-fourths of the states; or. State ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states.
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Power of judicial review
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McCulloch v. Maryland- is one of the first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power.
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"Power to tax is the power to destroy"
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Power of Fed. Govt. To regulate interstate commerce
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Dred Scott v. Sandford- the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court.
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The Dred Scott case, also known as Dred Scott v. Sandford, was a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott.
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Morrill Act. noun U.S. History. an act of Congress (1862) granting each state 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of land for each member it had in Congress, 90 percent of the gross proceeds of which were to be used for the endowment and maintenance of colleges and universities teaching agricultural and mechanical arts and other subjects.
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Ruled segregation was legal as long as the facilities were equal
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Commander-in-Chief of the military
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Borrower (Gov't) agrees to pay back borrowed money, plus interest
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The court saw Roosevelt's economic legislation as an assault on property rights
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Upheld Fair Labor Standards Act; Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate employment conditions
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Upheld involuntary internment of ethnically Japanese American citizens
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Coordinates national security policy
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Universal Healthcare is a system in which all people receive access to healthcare services without it becoming a financial hardship.
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Some people argue that requiring photo ID to vote discriminates against the poor and people who live in cities.
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is part of broader public finance discipline. The term was introduced by the German-born American economist Richard Musgrave in 1959. Fiscal federalism deals with the division of governmental functions and financial relations among levels of government.
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Great Society
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Single Payer Healthcare is a type of universal healthcare in which the costs of essential healthcare for all people are covered by a single public system
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Expanded rights of people accused of crimes
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Struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage
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Schools couldn’t prevent students from protesting the Vietnam War
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Helps develop the federal budget and to oversee its execution by the agencies in the executive branch
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War Powers Resolution (1973) is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
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New Federalism is a political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states.
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Student Loan Forgiveness is the process of forgiving some or all of an individual's student loans.
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In efforts to keep elections secure, officials often remove the deceased and individuals who have moved from the voter rolls.
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Congress gave states authority to manage welfare systems with block grants
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a state of federal trial court.
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Layer of courts above district courts are called a Court of Appeals
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Ruled the 2nd Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for self-defense
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Most people with health insurance receive coverage through their employer.
Insurance companies can no longer deny coverage based on "preexisting conditions."
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Ruled states must grant and recognize same-sex marriage
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a virus from china
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died in a helicopter crash
