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10 Cards in this Set
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Sovereign |
Independent |
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Bicameral |
Composed of two houses |
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Unicameral |
Composed of a single body. |
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Great Compromise |
Agreement at the Constitutional Convention splitting the legislature into two bodies- one apportioned by population, the other assigning each state two memebers. |
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Elastic clause |
Provision of Article I of the Constitution authorizing Congress to make those laws necessary and proper for carrying out the other laws it passes. |
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Supremacy Clause |
Provision of Article VI stipulating that the federal government, in exercising any of the powers enumerated in the Constitution, must prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent state exercise of power. |
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Federalists |
Supporters of the Constitution and it's strong central government. |
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Antifederalists |
Opponents of the ratification of the Constitution. |
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Faction |
Group- most often driven by economic motives- that places it's own good above the good of the nation as a whole. |
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Judicial Review |
Power of the US Supreme Court to review the acts of other political institutions and declare them unconstitutional. |
