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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:delegate (as noun and verb)|n: a representative to a political body; v. to assign or pass along a task, power, or sovereignty}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:delegate (as noun and verb)|n: a representative to a political body; v. to assign or pass along a task, power, or sovereignty}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:direct tax|a tax that is applied "directly" to persons as opposed to an activity or material; the income tax is a "direct" tax, which required Constitutional amendment to allow under the law}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:direct tax|a tax that is applied "directly" to persons as opposed to an activity or material; the income tax is a "direct" tax, which required Constitutional amendment to allow under the law}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:disenfranchised|not allowd to vote}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:disenfranchised|not allowd to vote; can be ''de jure'' (legal voting restrictions) or ''de facto'' (forcible, if illegal, voting restrictions}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:dissent|to disagree or protest, usually in terms of a standing law or political opinion; in the Supreme Courts, a "dissenting" judge disagrees with the marjoity opinion}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:dissent|to disagree or protest, usually in terms of a standing law or political opinion; in the Supreme Courts, a "dissenting" judge disagrees with the marjoity opinion}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:domestic|related to national as opposed to overseas or international affairs}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:domestic|related to national as opposed to overseas or international affairs}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:imperialism| acts by a country of overseas conquest, possession or imposition; US imperialism started with the Spanish-American War (1896); U.S. foreign policy after WWII hgas been seen as "imperialistic" in the sense that it imposes U.S. policies or desires upon other nations; see "hegemony" }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:imperialism| acts by a country of overseas conquest, possession or imposition; US imperialism started with the Spanish-American War (1896); U.S. foreign policy after WWII hgas been seen as "imperialistic" in the sense that it imposes U.S. policies or desires upon other nations; see "hegemony" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:indemnity| in international affairs, money paid as compensation for some loss, especially following a war}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:indemnity| in international affairs, money paid as compensation for some loss, especially following a war}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:infringe / infringement | to violate, or undermine, especially in law}} | |||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:intolerance| unwillingness to accept views, beliefs or persons different from oneself; in international affairs; the "Intolerable Acts" was a name given by the American colonists who opposed a series of Acts of Parliament called by England the "Coercive Acts"}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:intolerance| unwillingness to accept views, beliefs or persons different from oneself; in international affairs; the "Intolerable Acts" was a name given by the American colonists who opposed a series of Acts of Parliament called by England the "Coercive Acts"}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:laissez-faire| from French for "to leave alone"; used as reference to government non-intervention in the economy, usually regarding corporations; "laissez-faire" has a negative connotation, whereas supporters of government non-interference in the economy refer to that point of view as "libertarian"}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:laissez-faire| from French for "to leave alone"; used as reference to government non-intervention in the economy, usually regarding corporations; "laissez-faire" has a negative connotation, whereas supporters of government non-interference in the economy refer to that point of view as "libertarian"}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:political|from Greek ''polis'' for "city"; governance or organization of a group of people; operates at all levels, as in local, state or national "politics" }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:political|from Greek ''polis'' for "city"; governance or organization of a group of people; operates at all levels, as in local, state or national "politics" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:popular sovereignty|1850s political stance that held that territories and states should accept or not accept the practice of slavery based upon a vote of the people (i.e., "popular"; sovereignty = rule}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:popular sovereignty|1850s political stance that held that territories and states should accept or not accept the practice of slavery based upon a vote of the people (i.e., "popular"; sovereignty = rule}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:precedent| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:precedent| the judicial practice of adhereing to prior or "preceding" decisions; decisions that change "precedent" are considered "landmark"}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:prohibition| >>definition here }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:prohibition| >>definition here }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:"Republican motherhood"| >>definition here }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:"Republican motherhood"| the Early Republic belief that the role of a patriotic mother was to raise their sons as good "republicans," i.e. members of a self-governed society (not the political party)>>definition here }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:state|a sovereign political unit; in the "United States" the states are }}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:state|a sovereign political unit; in the "United States" the states are independent political entities that have yielded certain powers or sovereignties to the central government; internationally, a "state" is a country or nation (thus the "State Department" as the executive department that represents the country)}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:states rights| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:states rights| sovereignty and powers of states; generally, the belief that the federal government should not "infringe" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:segregation| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:segregation| racial separation, either ''de facto'' or ''de jure''; Plessy v. Furgusen affirmed in law ''de facto'' segregation; ''Brown v Board of Education'' prohibited legal segregation in schools, but did not end its ''de facto'' practice in policy and implementation across the states}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:socialism| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:socialism| an economic and political theory that the state (the government) should own the "means of production" (farming, industry, etc.); "socialists" across time have varied in the degree to which they call for state-control of different segments of the economy and society }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text: | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:socialism|sovereignty|rule over; government authority or rule is called its "soveriegnty", thus a monarch is also called a "soveriegn"|}} | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text: | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:suffrage| the right to vote; "suffragettes" were women activitists who promoted the right for women to vote}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:tariff| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:tariff| taxes on imports; also called "duties" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:temperance movement| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:temperance movement| social and political movement to ban production and use of alcohol}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:unalienable| | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:unalienable| not divisible, cannot be taken away; thus in the Declaration, "unalienable rights" are those that people are born with and cannot be taken away; unalienable rights can be violated, but under the theory of "natural law" any violation of those rights is illegitimate; note: "unalienable" = same as "inalienable" }}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:United States|so-called because of the "union" of independent states that joined to form a single country}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:United States|so-called because of the "union" of independent states that joined to form a single country}}</ul></li> | ||
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