Midterm Review sheet

Vocabulary:

Market--a place where consumers buy and sell items
Socialization--the process of becoming a good citizen
goods--objects that are bought or sold
services--supplier of utilities or commodities--someone who does something for someone else provides services.
Government--runs a nation, creating order and stability for its citizens
social institution--a group to which a citizen can belong
Naturalization--the process of becoming a citizen
immigration--moving from one nation to another
migration--moving from place to place
Import--bringing things into a nation
export--sending things to other nations
alien--a citizen of one country who is living in another
Citizen--someone born in a country who enjoys all the rights belonging to a resident of that country
candidate--a person who runs for elected office
representative--a person elected to an office who speaks for his or her constituents (people)
Missouri Compromise--kept the slave state/free state balance in Congress. Allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state,
Maine as a free state, and told where slave and free states could exist
Great Compromise--created a bicameral Congress where the House of Representatives would be based on population and the
Senate membership would be equal for each state (as created by Roger Sherman of CT)
due process--the process you must receive under the law.
Rights of citizenship--free speech, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness--they are too numerous to spell out here.
responsibilities of citizenship--vote, receive an education, work, pay taxes... they are also too numerous to be counted.
Jury--the people (peers) who decide the guilt or innocence of defendants in trials.
legislature--body of lawmakers
Parliament--English "Congress" comprised of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
Charter--the piece of paper giving permission to start a town, city, state, nation, colony, etc.
Constitution---the supreme law of our land. Cannot be trumped by other laws.
common good--things that are good for society at large
Federalist--believed in strong federal government. Examples: G. Washington, A. Hamilton, J. Madison
Anti-Federalist--believed in states rights and a weak federal government. Example: T. Jefferson.
Republican--political party that believes that the government should be limited in its power and leave people to their own devices. If people need help, the community should help them. The government would be best serving people if it stayed out of their way. These guys would be the Anti-federalists of old.
Democrat--party that believes that the government needs to step in and help people because the private sector cannot always be held responsible for this. These guys would be the Federalists of old.
Democrat