New Republic

5. act: A series of laws sought to restrict the public activities of political radicals who sympathized with the French Revolution
7. Forcing someone to join the navy
8. The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance
12. Jurisdiction: A court's power to hear and decide a case before any appellate review
16. any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or fee
17. a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
18. persons of the highest class
20. settlement of differences by mutual concessions
21. Debt: total outstanding borrowing of a central government
24. to give or provide the meaning of
25. restrict imports by increasing the price of goods and services purchased from overseas and making them less attractive to consumers
26. policy: pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
27. the amount of money that a company actually receives during a specific period

1. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will
2. not according to or agreeing with the constitution of a country or government
3. a government in which the real executive power rests with a _____ of ministers who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature.
4. review: The principle by which courts can declare acts of either the executive branch or the legislative branch unconstitutional
6. To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence
9. the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in a war between other nations
10. faire: French for “Let (people) do (as they choose)
11. Party: the major political parties in the United States organized by Thomas Jefferson in the late eighteenth century
13. Platform: formal set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
14. Money, goods, or services owed by an individual, firm, or government to another individual, firm, or government.
15. a supporter of federal government
19. A form of government in which power is explicitly vested in the people, who in turn exercise their power through elected representatives
22. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases
23. economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland