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1. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.

2. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.

3. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.

4. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).

5. Delegate - member of Congress acts on the express preference of his constituents. Trustee - member is more loosely tied to constituents and makes the decisions she thinks best.

6. High-ranking military officers who represent the Navy - Army - Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security matters.

7. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.

8. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.

9. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears

10. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.

11. Temp. committees whose members are appointed by SotH and officer of the Senate. They are charged with reaching compromise on legislation once it has been passed by the House. Determine what laws are passed.

12. Not allowed.

13. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.

14. An inability to regulate interstate and foreign trade - lack of a chief executive and a national court system - and its rule that amendments must be approved by unanimous consent.

15. Term of Senate/House

16. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.

17. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.

18. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.

19. A series of meetings to reform the Articles of Confederation convened in Philadelphia in 1787 in response to the economic and social disorder and the dangers of foreign intervention. The result was an entirely new plan of government - the Constitutio

20. WWll - 1941

21. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).

22. A survey of the origins and development of the political system in the United States from the colonial days to modern times with an emphasis on the Constitution - various political structures such as the legislative - executive - and judicial branche

23. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.

24. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.

25. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.

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