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24 Cards in this Set
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unalienable |
a human right based in nature or God |
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Articles of Confederation |
a weak constitution that governed America during the revolutionary war |
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constitutional convention |
meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution |
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Shays rebellion |
1787 rebellion that 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 |
proposal to create a strong national government |
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new Jersey plan |
proposal to create a weak national government |
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great compromise |
plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state selected senate, 2 people per state |
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republic |
a government in which elected representatives make the decisions |
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judicial review |
the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional |
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federalism |
government authority shared by national and state government |
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checks and balances |
authority shared by 3 branches of government |
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enumerated powers |
powers given to the national government alone |
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reserved powers |
powers given to the state government alone |
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concurrent powers |
powers shared by national and state government |
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separation of powers |
constitutional authority is shared by 3 different branches of government |
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faction |
a group with a distinct political interest |
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federalists |
those who favor a stronger national government |
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antifederalists |
those who favor a weaker national government |
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habeas corpus |
an order to produce an arrested person before a judge |
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bill of attainder |
a law that declares a person without trial to be guilty of a crime |
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ex post facto law |
a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed |
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bill of rights |
first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
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amendment |
a new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states |
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line item veto |
an executives ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature |
