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AP Gov Final Review: 64-60
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Political Studies
11th Grade
12/12/2012

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republicanism
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the ideology of governing the nation as a republic where the people rule, unlike a monarchy or a dictatorship. Became strong American value after the Revolutionary War.
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reserved powers
Definition
powers not written down, because not all the rules can be written down for all time, and they are given to the constituent states
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right to privacy
Definition
Constitution contains no assurance of right to privacy but through the Bill of Rights, the right of privacy is assumed and says that someone has a right to be secluded and to have a right to their own private space
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Roe vs. Wade (1973)
Definition
made having an abortion legal because it fell under the right to privacy through due process of the 14th amendment
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Second Amendment issues
Definition
the issue is whether or not people should be allowed to own and use firearms. There is an argument for both sides: one that it is way too easy for criminal to get firearms and the other side argues that people have a right to defend themselves and that if owning weapons was made illegal then the government would be turning a lot of people into criminals
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