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25 Cards in this Set
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Unalienable
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A humane right based on nature or God.
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Articles of Confedereation
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A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.
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Constitutional Convention
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A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution.
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Shay's Rebellion
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A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms 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 elected 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 representatives 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 to the 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 Government
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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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Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government.
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Faction
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A group with distinct political interest.
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Federalist
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Those who favor a stronger national government.
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Antifederalist
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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 amendments to the Constitution.
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Habeas Corpus
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An order to produce an 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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Ammendment
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A new provision in the constitution 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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