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35 Cards in this Set
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Limited government |
The government is restricted in what it may do |
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Representative Government |
Government should serve the will of the people |
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Bicameral |
Legislators are divided into two separate assemblies |
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Popular Sovereignty |
Principle that authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of the people, through their elected representatives. |
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Article of Confederation |
Written document that established the function of the U.S national government after its declared independence |
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Ratification |
The official way to confirm something, usually by vote |
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Full Faith and credit |
States are supposed to give validity to judgement, public acts, and so forth made in other states |
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Shay's Rebellion |
Series of protest in 1786 and 1787 by farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt |
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Framers |
Founding fathers of the United States/ Creators of the constitution |
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Virginia Plan |
Largely the work of James Madison and presented by Edmund Randolph, called for gov. with three separate branches. the legislature was to be bicameral, and representation in each house was supposed to be based on each State's population or the amount of money it gave to the Federal Government |
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Veto |
Rejection of a decision made by a law-making body |
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New Jersey Plan |
Kept article of confederation. Would also closely limit the powers to tax and regulate trade between the two states. Also called for multiple Federal Executives who would be chose by congress and could be removed by a request of state govenors |
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Connecticut Compromise |
Proposed that congress should be made of two houses |
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Three-Fifths Compromise |
Freed people count as one and slaves as three fifths |
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Federalists |
Favored ratification of the constitution |
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Anti Federalist |
Opposed Constitution |
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Rule of Law |
Legal principle that law should govern a nation as opposed to being governed by arbitrary decisions of individual government officials |
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Separation of Powers |
Basic powers of government are spread between separate bodies |
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Checks and Balances |
Each government branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks, or restraints by the other branches |
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Judicial Review |
The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action |
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Federalism |
The division of power among a central government and several individual governments |
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Executive Agreenment |
An international agreement, usually regarding routine administrative matters not warranting a formal treaty, made by the executive branch of the US government without ratification by the Senate |
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Amendment |
a formal or official change made to the constituition |
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Electoral College |
The body that makes the formal selection of the nations presidents |
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Cabinet |
An advisory body to the President |
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Expressed Powers |
Powers delegated to the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution |
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Implied Powers |
Powers that are not stated in the Constitution but are reasonably suggested |
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Reserved Powers |
Powers that are restricted from the National Government but does not deny o the states. Or the states power |
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Concurrent Powers |
Powers that both the National and State governments posses and excercise |
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Supremacy Clause |
This provision declares that the Constitution and the laws and treaties of the United States are the "Supreme Law of the Land" |
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Categorical Grants |
Are made for some specific, closely defined purpose |
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Block Grants |
Made for much broader purposes than categorical grants. Such as Welfare and Social Security |
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Project Grants |
Made to states, localities, and sometimes private agencies that apply for grants. Scientific Research for example. |
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Extradition |
The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state can be returned to that state |
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Privileges and Immunities Clause |
No state may allow unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and people from other states |
