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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.9954 cm} x{3.9816 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Government \& Politics}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Government} & the institution through with a society makes and enforces its public policies \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Politics} & the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Every Government has}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Legislative Power & the power to make law and to frame public policy \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Executive Power & the power to execute, enforce, and administer law \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Judicial Power & the power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} State & a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09494 cm} x{3.88206 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Four Characteristics of a State}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Population} & a state must have people, the number of which does not directly relate to its existence \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Territory} & a state must be comprised of land—territory with known and recognized boundaries \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Sovereignty} & supreme \& absolute power within its own territory \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Government} & politically organized \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Four Origin Theories of a State}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Force} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Evolutionary} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Divine right} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Social contract} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.38896 cm} x{2.58804 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Constitutional Influences}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Two Treatises of Government (Locke)}} & •Right to overthrow an unjust government\{\{nl\}\}•Religious freedom\{\{nl\}\}•Natural rights \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{The Leviathan (Hobbes)}} & •Right to not incriminate oneself\{\{nl\}\}•Social contract\{\{nl\}\}•Inalien rights\{\{nl\}\}•Right to have a militia \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{The Social Contract (Rousseau)}} & •People are born in their natural state of freedom\{\{nl\}\}•Popular sovereignty\{\{nl\}\}•Agreement between rules \& rulers \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{The Spirit of the Laws (Montesqieu)}} & •Checks and balances\{\{nl\}\}•Constitutional government\{\{nl\}\}•Three branches \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.69218 cm} x{3.28482 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Articles of the Constitution}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 0. Preamble & We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 1. Legislative Branch & The U.S. Congress makes the laws for the United States. Congress has two parts, called "Houses," the House of Representatives and the Senate. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 2. Executive Branch & The President, Vice-President, Cabinet, and Departments under the Cabinet Secretaries carry out the laws made by Congress. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 3. Judicial Branch & The Supreme Court decides court cases according to the US Constitution. The couts under the Supreme Court decide criminal and civil court cases according to the correct federal, state, and local laws. \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 8) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.69218 cm} x{3.28482 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Articles of the Constitution (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 4. States' Power & States have the power to make and carry out their own laws. State laws are related to the people and problems of their area. States respect other states' laws and work together with other states to fix regional problems. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 5. Amendments & The Constitution can be changed. New amendments can be added to the US Constitution with approval by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress (67, 281) and three-fourth vote by the states (38). \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 8) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 6. Federal Powers & The Constitution and federal laws are higher than state and local laws. All laws must agree with the US Constitution. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} 7. Ratification & The Constitution was presented to George Washington and the men at the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, Representatives from twelve out of the thirteen original states signed the Constitution. From September 1787 to July 1788, the states met, talked about, and finally voted to approve the Constitution. \tn % Row Count 35 (+ 13) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}