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18 Cards in this Set
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amendment
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change in, or addition to, a constitution
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Antifederalists
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Those who opposed giving as much power ot the national government as the Constitution did, favoring instead stronger states' rights
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bill of attainder
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A law that would declare a person guilty of a crime without a trial
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Bill of Rights
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the first 10 amendments of the US Constitution
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checks and balances
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The power of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to block some acts bythe other two branches
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coalition
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An alliance between different interest groups of parties to achieve some political goal
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confederation
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An agreement among sovereign states that delegates certain powers to a national government
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Constitutional Convention
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A meeting of delegates in 1878 to revise the Articles of Confederation
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ex post facto law
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A law that would declare an act criminal after the act was committed
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faction
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a group of people sharing a common interest who seek to influence public policy for their collective benefit
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Federalist Papers
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A series of eighty-five essays published in New York newspapers to convince New Yorkers to adopt the newly proposed Constitution.
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Federalists
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Supporters of a stronger central governemnt who advocated ratification of the Constitution and then founded a politcal party
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judicial review
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The power of the courts to declare acts of the legislature and of the exectuve inconstitutional and therefore null and void
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line-item veto
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the power of an executive to veto some provisions in an appropriations bill while approving others
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Madisonian view of human nature
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A philosophy holding that accommodating individual self-interst provided a more practical solution to the problem of government than aiming to cultivate virtue
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republic
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a from of democracy in which leaders and representatives are selected by means of popular competitive elections
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unalienable rights
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rights thought to be based on nature and providence rather than on the preference of people
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writ of habeas corpus
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a court order requring police officials to produce an individual held in cusoty and show sufficient cause for that person's detention
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