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118 relations: Adjutant general, Administrative division, Admission to the Union, Agriculture, Article Four of the United States Constitution, Arts council, Bank, Bicameralism, British colonization of the Americas, California, Civil service, Constitutional law, Consumer protection, Corrections, De facto, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of transportation, Economic development, Education, Emergency management, Employment, Energy, Environmental policy, Executive (government), Federal government of the United States, Financial institution, Fire protection, France, Germany, Government, Governor (United States), Health care, Highway patrol, Housing, Insurance, Insurance commissioner, International law, Judiciary, Justice, Kentucky, Law reform, Legislative chamber, Legislature, Lieutenant governor (United States), List of current United States governors, List of people who have served in all three branches of a U.S. state government, List of U.S. state, district, and territorial seals, Local government in the United States, Lotteries in the United States, Maine, ..., Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, Massachusetts, Mexican Cession, Mexico, Michael P. Riccards, National Guard of the United States, Nebraska, Nebraska Legislature, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (state), New York Court of Appeals, New York Supreme Court, North Dakota, Occupational safety and health, One member, one vote, Oregon, Parole, Pension, Plenary power, Political divisions of the United States, Public health, Republic of Texas, Restored Government of Virginia, Reynolds v. Sims, Secretary of state (U.S. state government), Sovereign state, State attorney general, State auditor, State constitution (United States), State court (United States), State government, State legislature (United States), State park, State police (United States), State supreme court, State treasurer, State university system, Statute, Stephen D. Krasner, Superintendent (education), Supreme court, Supreme Court of the United States, Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Territories of the United States, Texas, Thirteen Colonies, Ticket (election), Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, U.S. state, Unemployment benefits, Unicameralism, United Kingdom, United States, United States Congress, United States Constitution, United States Senate, Unorganized territory, Upper house, Vermont, Vermont Republic, Veteran, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Workers' compensation. Expand index (68 more) »
Adjutant general
An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.
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Administrative division
An administrative division, unit, entity, area or region, also referred to as a subnational entity, statoid, constituent unit, or country subdivision, is a portion of a country or other region delineated for the purpose of administration.
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Admission to the Union
The Admission to the Union Clause of the United States Constitution, oftentimes called the New States Clause, and found at Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, authorizes the Congress to admit new states into the United States beyond the thirteen already in existence at the time the Constitution went into effect.
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Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Article Four of the United States Constitution
Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between each state and the others, and the several States and the federal government.
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Arts council
An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events.
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Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit.
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Bicameralism
A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.
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British colonization of the Americas
The British colonization of the Americas (including colonization by both the English and the Scots) began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Civil service
The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.
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Constitutional law
Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in federal countries such as the United States and Canada, the relationship between the central government and state, provincial, or territorial governments.
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Consumer protection
In regulatory jurisdictions that provide for this (a list including most or all developed countries with free market economies) consumer protection is a group of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers, as well as fair trade, competition, and accurate information in the marketplace.
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Corrections
In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies, and involving the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes.
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De facto
In law and government, de facto (or;, "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, even if not legally recognised by official laws.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
In the United States, a department of motor vehicles (DMV) is a state-level government agency that administers vehicle registration and driver licensing.
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Department of transportation
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation.
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Economic development
economic development wikipedia Economic development is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.
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Education
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
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Emergency management
Emergency management or disaster management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies (preparedness, response, and recovery).
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Employment
Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee.
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Energy
In physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object.
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Environmental policy
Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.
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Financial institution
Financial institutions, otherwise known as banking institutions, are corporations which provide services as intermediaries of financial markets.
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Fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.
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Governor (United States)
In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as both head of state and head of government therein.
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Health care
Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.
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Highway patrol
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.
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Housing
Housing, or more generally living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings collectively, for the purpose of sheltering people —the planning or provision delivered by an authority, with related meanings.
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Insurance
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss.
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Insurance commissioner
An insurance commissioner (or commissioner of insurance) is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States who, along with his or her office, regulate the insurance industry.
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International law
International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations.
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
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Justice
Justice is the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered.
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Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.
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Law reform
Law reform or legal reform is the process of examining existing laws, and advocating and implementing changes in a legal system, usually with the aim of enhancing justice or efficiency.
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Legislative chamber
A legislative chamber or house is a deliberative assembly within a legislature which generally meets and votes separately from the legislature's other chambers.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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Lieutenant governor (United States)
In the United States, 45 of the 50 states have an office of lieutenant governor.
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List of current United States governors
The following is a list of incumbent governors of the states and territories of the United States as well as the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
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List of people who have served in all three branches of a U.S. state government
A number of individuals have achieved the rare distinction of serving in all three branches of the state government of one of the U.S. states.
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List of U.S. state, district, and territorial seals
This List of U.S. state, district, and territorial seals shows the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and five inhabited territories of the United States of America.
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Local government in the United States
Local government in the United States refers to governmental jurisdictions below the level of the state.
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Lotteries in the United States
In the United States, lotteries are run by 47 jurisdictions: 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Maine
Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals of Maryland is the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession is the region in the modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican–American War.
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Mexico
Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.
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Michael P. Riccards
Michael P. Riccards (born October 2, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American political scientist, writer, and professor.
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National Guard of the United States
The National Guard of the United States, part of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, is a reserve military force, composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, for a total of 54 separate organizations.
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Nebraska
Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States.
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Nebraska Legislature
The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the supreme legislative body of the state of Nebraska.
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Nevada
Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York.
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New York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System.
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North Dakota
North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.
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Occupational safety and health
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or workplace health and safety (WHS), is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work.
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One member, one vote
In the parliamentary politics of the United Kingdom and Canada, one member, one vote (OMOV) is a method of selecting party leaders by a direct vote of the members of a political party.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.
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Parole
Parole is a temporary release of a prisoner who agrees to certain conditions before the completion of the maximum sentence period, originating from the French parole ("voice, spoken words").
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Pension
A pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years, and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments.
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Plenary power
A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations.
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Political divisions of the United States
United States, political divisions Political divisions (also referred to as administrative divisions) of the United States are the various recognized governing entities that together form the United States.
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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas) was an independent sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.
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Restored Government of Virginia
The Restored Government of Virginia, also known as the Reorganized Government of Virginia, was the Unionist government of Virginia during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
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Reynolds v. Sims
Reynolds v. Sims, was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that unlike in the election of the United States Senate, in the election of any chamber of a state legislature the electoral districts must be roughly equal in population (thus negating the traditional function of a State Senate, which was to allow rural counties to counterbalance large towns and cities).
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Secretary of state (U.S. state government)
Secretary of state is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States, as well as Puerto Rico and other U.S. possessions.
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Sovereign state
A sovereign state is, in international law, a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area.
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State attorney general
The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states and territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer.
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State auditor
State auditors (also state comptrollers or state controllers) are executive officers of U.S. states who serve as auditors and comptrollers for state funds.
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State constitution (United States)
In the United States, each state has its own constitution.
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State court (United States)
In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state, as opposed to the federal government.
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State government
A state government is the government of a country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government.
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State legislature (United States)
A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states.
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State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision.
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State police (United States)
In the United States, state police are a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations.
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State supreme court
In the United States, a state supreme court (known by other names in some states) is the ultimate judicial tribunal in the court system of a particular state (i.e., that state's court of last resort).
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State treasurer
--> In the state governments of the United States, 49 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer.
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State university system
A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state or a similar entity such as the District of Columbia.
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Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.
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Stephen D. Krasner
Stephen David Krasner (born 15 February 1942, New York) is an international relations professor at Stanford University and is a former Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State, a position he held from 2005 until April 2007 while on leave from Stanford.
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Superintendent (education)
In the field of education in the United States, a superintendent or superintendent of schools is an administrator or manager in charge of a number of public schools or a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools.
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Supreme court
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Tenth Amendment (Amendment X) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791.
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Territories of the United States
Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions directly overseen by the United States (U.S.) federal government.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.
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Ticket (election)
A ticket refers to a single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish), officially titled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo (now a neighborhood of Mexico City) between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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Unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefits (depending on the jurisdiction also called unemployment insurance or unemployment compensation) are payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people.
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Unicameralism
In government, unicameralism (Latin uni, one + camera, chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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Unorganized territory
In the United States, an unorganized territory is a region of land without a "normally" constituted system of government.
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Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Vermont Republic
Vermont Republic is a term used by historians to refer to the government of Vermont that existed from 1777 to 1791.
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Veteran
A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field.
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Virginia
Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.
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Workers' compensation
Workers' compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence.
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References
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