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After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress passed the __________ Act, which overturned many of the COINTELPRO reforms, by allowing greater sharing of intelligence information and enhancing law enforcement’s ability to tap telephone and e-mail communications.

The _________ is responsible for investigating transportation-related accidents; despite its authority in these investigations and its members’ knowledge of safe transportation practices, this group does not have the power to issue federal regulations.

Workers organized _______ to protect their interest and counteract the power of wealthy business corporations

Originally, colonial Africans were not slaves, but were ________, with few differences from indentured servants of other races.

The _________ Amendment, ratified in 1967, required the president to nominate a replacement vice president, who must be approved by a majority vote of the House and the Senate.

The primary way that the electorate expresses its opinion is through

The main job of the bureaucracy is to _________, which is seen as an extension of how the president executes laws.

The U.S. Constitution requirements regarding elections indicate that the Framers wanted to set up barriers against

When a group forms in response to an economic or political event but does not focus on only one issue, the group is said to be a __________.

In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Court ruled that not only could Congress not ban slavery in the territories but that blacks were not