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25 Cards in this Set
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unalienable
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a human right based on nature or God
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Articles of confederation
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a weak constituion that governed America during the Revolutionary war
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Constituional Convention
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A meeting on Philidelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
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Shey's rebellion
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A 1787 rebellion in which ex-revolutionary war soliders attempted to prevent foreclosures of f arms as a result of high interest rates and taxes
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Virginia plan
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proposal to create a strong national government
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New Jersey plan
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proposal to create a weak national government
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Great Compromise
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plan to have a popularly elcted house based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state
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republic
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a government in which elected representattives make the decisions
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judicial review
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the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
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federalism
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government authority shared by national and local governments
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enumerated powers
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powers given tot he national government alone
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Checks and balances
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Authority shared by three branches of government
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reserved powers
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powers given to the state government alone
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concurrent powers
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powers shared by the national and state governments
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separation of powers
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constituional authority is shared by three different branches of government
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faction
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a group with a distinct political interest
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Federalists
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Those who favor a stronger national govenment
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Antifederalists
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THose who favor a weaker national government
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coalition
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an alliance of factions
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Bill of Rights
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First ten amendements to the Constituion
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habeas corpus
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An order to produce anm arrested person before a judge
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bill of attainder
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A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime
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ex post facto law
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A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed
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amendment
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A new provision in the Constituion that has been ratified by the states
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line-item veto
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An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature
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