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| legislature | a body of persons elected to make laws for a nation or state; a congress or parliament. |
| Knights of labor | early labor union, formed in 1869. |
| judicial review | power of the Supreme Court to void acts of congress that are found to violate the Constitution. |
| Kremlin | complex of gov't offices in Moscow; The center of gov't of Russia or the Soviet Union. |
| Ku Klux Klan | secret organization founded in 1866 to intimidate freed slaves and keep them in conditions os serltude through threats and acts of violence. |
| Laissez-faire | doctrine opposing gov't regulation of economic matters beyond what is necessary to maintain property rights and enforce contracts. |
| Leage of Nations | international organization of countries formed after ww1 to promote world peace. |
| liberal | political or social ideas that emphasize civil rights, democratic reforms, and the use of gov't to promote social progress. |
| lame duck | an official who has not been re-elected and is serving out the remainder of a term. |
| market economy | an economic system in which decisions about production and pricing are on the actions of buyers and sellers in the market place. |
| judiciary | the branch of gov't that interprets the law and tries cases; the system of courts. |
| loose construction loose interpretation | reading of the Constitution that allows broad use of the elastic clause and implied powers. |
| majority | # greater than 1-half of votes cast {simple majority}, a "2-thirds majority requires at least 2 thirds of the votes cast. |
| Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to England during American Revolution; also known as Tories. |
| line-item veto | power of an executive to veto specific provisions of a bill w/out vetoing the entire bill. The U.S. President does not have this power. |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that the United States was destined to control the continent between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
| lobbing | actions by private citizens or organizations seeking to influence the decisions of a gov't department. |
| malaise | vague sense of unhappiness or discomfort. |
| life expectancy | stastistical estimate of the average lifespan of a particular population. |
| levy | to place and collect a tax; to draft persons for military service. |
| liberty | freedom |
| limited gov't | belief that gov't is limited by legal and political restraints. |
| Magna Carta | agreement signed by King John1 of Englandin 1215, granting certain rights to the baron who had taken him prisoner. |
| jurisdiction | authority of a court to interpret and apply the law; the authority of a gov't. |
| Louisiana Purchase | the purchase by the United States of the Louisiana Territory, from France, for $ 15 million, in 1803. |
