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| A
written plan of government |
| Can
be changed with amendments |
| Defines
the government structures of the U.S.(1789) and Illinois(1970) |
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| Congress
equals U.S. House and U.S. Senate/ General Assembly equals
Illinois House and Senate |
| Make
laws |
| U.S.
benefits from the elastic clause |
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| Enforces
laws |
| Has
appointment and veto powers |
| Includes
president and governor |
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| District/
circuit, Appellate, and Supreme levels |
| Federal
members receive life terms |
| Interprets
laws |
| Rules
on issues of constitutionality |
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| Federal
equals the first ten amendments |
| Freedom
of speech, press,
assembly, petition, and religion |
| Illinois
protects against discrimination in housing and employment |
| Limits
government power and describes rights of citizens |
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| Demands
‘equal protection’ for all under the law |
| Not
originally enforced due to Jim Crow laws, but used to stop
discrimination after Brown v. Board of Education case of 1954 |
| Reconstruction
effort to protect newly freed slaves in 1868 |
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| Goal
of Suffragettes, set forth by the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 |
| Guaranteed
women the right to vote |
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| “Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” |
| describes
duties of citizenship |
| written
by Thomas Jefferson, and ratified in Philadelphia July 4, 1776 |
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| Federal,
state, and local |
| Power
is shared, but federal is supreme |
| Washington
D.C., Springfield, McLean County, and Bloomington |
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| Agreement
between two or more sides to settle a dispute |
| Great
and 3/5 settled issues in Philadelphia in 1787 |
| Henry
Clay |
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