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President _ years old
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35
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President serve _ terms or __ years
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2 terms or 8 years
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The president is the economic ____ of the U.S. He submits the ___ budget to be approved by the _____
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leader
national House of Representatives |
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A __________ is held by the national committees of each party to determined who will be their candidate for president and vice president
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National Party convention
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___ out of ___ is the total number of electoral votes needed to be elected President.
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270 out of 538
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______ are the advisors to the President. They help them make tough decisions
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cabinets
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How would the President enforce his powers in the following situations?
Executive powers Legislative Powers Military Powers |
EP - vetoing laws
LP- suggest laws MP- passing troops for 60 days |
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___ of confederation was replaced by the ____. The constitutions says ___ branches in the government
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Articles
Constitution 3 |
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Triangular trade route slaves came from ___. Many died of disease on ____ _____. _____ was the practice of selling more goods than you were buying.
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Africa
Middle Passages Mercantilism |
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The _____ limited the king's right and gave power to the Nobles. It was created in 1215
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Magna Carta
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The ideas of John ____ and the Social ___ by Jean-Jaques ___ were developed in the U.S. declaration of independence written by ____ in ____. It stated that __________
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Locke
Contract Rousseau Thomas Jefferson 1776 all people are born with natural rights Thomas Payne |
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Declaration of Independence was written by
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Thomas jefferson
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When was declaration of Independence written
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1776
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____ the author of the ____ sense encouraged citizens to declare independence from Britain
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Thomas Payne
Common Sense |
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According to ____, the Social Contract said ____________
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Rosseau
People give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection from the government |
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Montesquieu believed that there should be _______
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divided branches of government
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Declaration of independence was directly affected by the thinkers of the ______ in Europe
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enlightenment
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Was the American Revolution a justification of Declaration of independence? Explain
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Taxation and their independence
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What are the 5 amendments of the First Amendment?
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1. Speech
2. Petition 3. Religion 4. Assembly 5. Press |
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What was the MAIN problem created by the French and Indian War?
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Huge Debt
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The Quartering-Act forced colonist to
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clothe and feed the British soldiers and keep them in there house
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No ___ without ______ led direction to the ____________. (America won)
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taxation without representation
led to Revolutionary war |
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What is the difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?
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Virginia, big states, population > NJ equal representation
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Thomas Jefferson
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Leader of anti-federalist
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Alexander Hamiliton
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Leader of federalist
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Bill of Rights
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was included in the constitution to appease the Anti-Federalist
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Goals of Anti-Federalist
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No government
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Goals of Federalist
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government
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Put in order of the following documents/ amendments: 13, 14, Bill of Rights, Articles of Confederation, 15,
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In order:
Declaration, Articles, Constitution, Bill of Rights, 13th, 14th, 15th |
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What was added to the Constitution to protect the individual liberties against governmental abuse?
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Bill of Rights
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Which prevents one branch from becoming too strong?
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Checks and Balances
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How does the government gain its control? The consent of governed represents this by the idea of ___________
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Popular Sovereignty
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Articles of _______. Distrusted strong central government
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confederation
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Constitution: ______ strong central government
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Supported
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Major political parties in the U.S.
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1. Democratic
2. Republican |
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Democratic Party
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beliefs - liberal, strong, weak, tax wealthy
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Republican
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con, weak central gov't
strong states tax middle class |
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Political Parties- role to ____ candidates for public offices and conduct campaigns
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elect
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_____ powers not listed in the constitution "necessary and proper clause"
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Implied Powers
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Examples of theses in action __________
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Income Tax
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What are 3 responsibilites of the State government?
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1. Education
2. Voting/ Election 3. Marriage/ Divorce Issues are more directed for the people |
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13th amendment
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abolishes slavery
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14th amendment
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defines US citizenship
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15th Amendment
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Right to vote not based on race
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What are the federalist papers? Who wrote them? Why was a system of checks and balances a major theme?
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Essays defending the Constitution
Written by Alexander Hamilton Madison and Jay Arguement over the Constitution |
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How does a bill become a law?
What is the role of the house/senate? Explain the last major step |
Someone sends it to congress
The house/senate vote on it and it goes to the president to approve or veto the bill. |
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Marbury V Madison
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established Judicial Review- supreme court can go back and look at cases
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McCulloch V Maryland
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rule that the state could not tax an agency
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Gibbons V Odgen
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Affirmed that only the congress could regulate commerce
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Dred Scott
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Protected peoples right to own slaves by overturning compromises on slavery in the territories that didn't have slavery.
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Define lobbying: what is main purpse? whose interest do lobbyists have when shaping their ideas? why are lobbyist objected to so much?
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repersentative of an interest group who contacts law makers or other government officials directly their policy
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Define civic involvement
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individual participating in the community
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Match the term Conservative/ Liberal/ Middle
Republican Democrat Independent |
Republican - Conservative
Democrat- Liberal Independent- Middle |
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Members of the ________ Court are appointed by the _____ and approved by ____
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Supreme Court
The President Congress |
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What role does a grand jury have prior to a court case?
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Decide if their is enough evidence to indict/ formally change
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how can an amendment change? give an example
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It can be canceled out by another one
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Define ratification-
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to vote approval of
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_____ committee is always there
_____ committee is for special occasions. _____ committee is between both the Senate and House. |
Standing
Select Joint |
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define a conference committee:
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work on the details of a proposed law to make it agreeable to both the House and Senate
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Law making process and hearings on issues and bills are held in
_______ meetings |
Committee
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What is a pork barrel project?
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The voting district changed to get the same group of people in the district
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What is a gerrymander?
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oddly shaped voting district
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What are the 4 factors of Production:
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1. land
2. labor 3. capital 4. entrepreneurship |
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What role do resources play in this equation?
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Resources are used in everything
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Blue Collar Worker:
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farmer
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White Collar Worker:
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business men
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What types of skills would each job need?
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hands on, knowledge
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Which one would be more likely to have a higher salary?
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White Collar
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If supply ____ then price will decrease. If _____ increases then price will increase
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supply increases
demand increases |
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How does shortage effect purchasing a good?
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The price will be higher, Jordans Clip
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Define opportunity cost
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what you give up in exchange for another
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explain the role of the stock market
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buy a chunk of company or a stock then sell if price goes up
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variable costs
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cost that change based on siutations
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Fixed
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costs that DON'T change
ex: Rent |
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Define the law of diminishing returns
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satisfaction goes down as the # consumed goes up
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The government and private enterprise exist together as major economic participants what type of economy?
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Mixed Economy
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What is ONE advantage of forming a corporation?
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Shared Risk
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Surplus
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many items
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Shortage
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few items
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Excise
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is tax placed on tobacco and gasoline
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What is the difference between fixed and variable cost?
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Fixed costs does NOT change, variable changes
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outsourcing
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when you send jobs overseas
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trade surplus
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export more than you import
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How does productivity affect supply?
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productivity goes up so does supply
productivity goes down so does supply |
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What does Laissez-faire mean?
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hands off approach
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Who is adam smith?
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Father of Capitalism/ Economics
wrote the wealth of nations |
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what is the equilibrium price?
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price in the middle
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what is the invisible hand in capitalism?
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competition
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A strike is when
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refusal to work until the problem is resolved
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IF GDP goes down for ___ straight months, we are in a _________
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6 straight months
considered a depression |
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What is the reserve requirement?
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Amount of money a Bank is required to keep at a given time
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What is GDP?
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Gross Domestic Product measure of a companys output
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what is comparative advantage?
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when a certain country has an advantage over another and uses it
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Banks make money by charging _______
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Interest
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What is the organization that will ensure your money up to $100,000 if the banks fail?
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FDIC
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