Module 5 Vocab Review 8th Grade

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What is the name of the improvement or changing of what is wrong, unsatisfactory or corrupt within a government or society?

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Reform

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What is the name of the practice used by politicians to establish an unfair political advantage for their party or group by drawing crazy district boundaries within their state?

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Gerrymandering

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Which amendment guarantees the rights of American citizens to “keep and bear arms”?

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The 2nd Amendment

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What is the name of a measure or potential law that is placed on the ballot for the people to decide (vote) upon?

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Referendum

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What is the name of a group of electors (people) representing the states of the U.S., who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president?

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Electoral College

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This amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all U.S. citizens from the age of 18-years-old and older.

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The 26th Amendment

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What is the name of the process the people within a state can use to propose a new law for a state to adopt that can be passed by the state’s legislature or be voted upon by the people?

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Initiative

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What is the name of a request to do something, typically to a government agency or public official, made on behalf of a group (usually including signatures)?

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Petition

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What is the name of the procedure that citizens can take to remove a government official from office (by vote) before the end of their term?

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Impeachment

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What is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may become a citizen of a new country called?

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Naturalization