Civics EOC Vocabulary and Key Terms

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Reporting Vocabulary
Category EOC Content Focus Key terms
(Recurring Content Focus) (Recurring key terms)
Origins and amendment constitutional Magna Carta Acts of grievances preamble
Purposes of Anti-federalist convention Parliament independence (Declaration of
military law
antifederalist constitutional bicameral individual rights Independence)
Law and natural law
papers government boycott just powers ratify
Government checks and debt ordain colony legislature repeal
(25 %) balances domestic posterity common law liberty self-evident
tranquility preamble compact limited sovereign
civil law (Constitution)
English Bill of consent of the government tariff
Code of precedent
Rights governed monarchy taxation without
Hammurabi separation of delegates oppression representation
coin and print English Common powers
democracy parliament three-fifths
money Law social contract
electoral college political systems compromise
Enlightenment regulate
constitutional law establish endowed popular unalienable
common justice Roman Law framers sovereignty (We
defense Shays rebellion the people)
federalism
common law federalist statutory law
colonial federalist papers tax
complaints founding fathers trade
general welfare
constitution unanimous
constitutional juvenile law viewpoint
articles juvenile rights
Organization enumerated President pro acquittal grand jury parole
Act of Congress
and Function of powers Tempore of the affirmative action House of petition
Appeal
federalism Senate amend Representatives plaintiff
Government appellate court
Florida regulation of amnesty Indictment pocket veto
(25%) appellate process
Constitution immigration arraignment injunction roll call vote
approval of
Florida regulation of bill joint resolution Senate
presidential Declaration of trade cloture Judicial Branch Senator
appointments
Rights reserved powers Congress Law Legislative special interest
armed forces
Florida Supreme separation of court order Branch groups
bail Court powers defendant line-item veto summary
cabinet
foreign policy services District Attorney misdemeanor judgments
amendment
impeach Speaker of the electoral college original veto writ of
article implied powers House
(constitutional) Executive Branch jurisdiction certiorari
judge standing executive order voice vote writ of habeas
checks and judicial review committee filibuster pardon corpus
balances jurisdiction special
Chief Justice felony
justice committee
circuit court lawmaking Supremacy
coin and print process Clause
money majority leader Supreme law of
concurrent majority vote the land (10th
powers amendment)
mayor
county court statute
minority leader
conference steps in
naturalization
committee amending the
laws
constitutional Florida
necessary and
amendment Constitution
proper clause
process
obligations treaty
declare war trial court
pardon
delegated powers US Circuit Court
preamble (US and
District Court of of Appeals
Florida
Appeals
Constitution) US District Court
efficacy US Supreme
Elastic Clause Court
Roles, Rights, alien Equal Rights precedent amend docket naturalized
and Amendment amendment privacy amendment felony citizen
Process ex post facto law property rights brief grand jury (5th plaintiff
Responsibilities
appellate first amendment resident acquittal amendment) political
of Citizens process five freedoms responsibilities arraignment illegal process
(25%) bail (amendment 1) right to bear bill of attainder immigration prosecution
Bill of Rights forced arms censorship immigration poll tax
Brown v. Board internment right to legal civics injunction public law
of Education Gideon v. counsel citizenship international law racial profiling
Bush v. Gore Wainwright rights code internet law ratify
caucus Hazelwood v. roles complaint jurisprudence representative
citizen Kuhlmeir search and concurring juvenile courts reprieve
Civil Rights Act immigrant seizure opinion law resident alien
1964 In Re Gault states rights consent legal system segregation
Civil Rights Act independent (10th amendment) crime libel slander
1968 judiciary suffrage cross-examine majority opinion society
constitution Juries summary deportation Miranda Rights summons
constitutional law of blood judgment defendant (Rights of the testimony
amendments law of soil summons democracy accused) tyranny
cruel and Marbury v. rule of law discrimination misdemeanor volunteerism
unusual Madison selective service dissenting native-born writ of habeas
punishment Miranda v. trial by jury opinion citizens corpus
District of Arizona Tinker v. Des
Columbia v naturalization Moines
Heller laws (14th US v. Nixon
double jeopardy amendment) Voting
due process naturalization Amendments (13,
eminent domain process 14, 15, 19, 24, 26)
enumerated obligations Voting Rights Act
powers (9th pleading the fifth 1965
amendment) Plessy v.
equal protection Ferguson
under the law
Government Absolute human rights political absentee ballot electoral college public opinion
Policies and monarchy International Red communication apathy electronic recall
agencies Cross/Red political parties assessor exit poll school district
Political
alliances Crescent Prime Minister ballot home rule sheriff
Processes allies Iran Hostage propaganda Board of incorporate slander
(25%) ambassadors Crisis proposal Commissioners incumbent special district
anarchy issue public policy candidate libel strong mayor
Bay of Pigs issue-based qualifications censorship mass media system
bias platform representative city charter metropolitan superintendent
campaign international democracy city council area totalitarianism
communism relations republic city government national town hall
Communist Party Korean War Republican Party commission committee media meetings
Confederal Libertarian Party Secretary of State coroner nominated township
system lobbying socialism county ordinance two-party system
contemporary, lobbyist Socialist Party county clerk plank weak mayor
diplomacy Mayor special interest county manager platform system
course of action media groups dictatorship precinct winner-take-all
(public policy) military operation State Department District Attorney print media system
Cuban Missile monarchy symbolism elector public agenda
Crisis monitoring terrorism
debates Non- trade ban
Democratic Party governmental treaty
diplomat Organizations Unitary system
direct democracy (NGO), United Nations
doctrine North American (UN)
domestic Free Trade United Nations
domestic affairs Agreement Childrens Fund
economics (NAFTA) (UNICEF)
elections North Atlantic Vietnam War
Treaty
embassy watch dog
Organization
federal system World Court,
(NATO)
foreign affairs World Trade
oligarchy
foreign policy Organization
Parliamentary (WTO)
funds system
Gulf Wars 1 and 2 World War I
political action World War II
impact committees
International Non- political
Governmental advertisements
Organizations
(INGO)