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39 Cards in this Set
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Constitution |
Adetailed, written plan for government |
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Bicarmeral |
A Legislature Consisting of two parts, or houses |
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Confederation |
Agroup of individuals or state governments |
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Articles of confederation |
The first constitutions of the US |
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Ratify |
To vote approval of
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Ordinance
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a law, usually of a city or county
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Area |
A region or section
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Ordinance of 1785
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Alaw that set up a plan for surveying western lands; this method is still usedtoday |
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Northwest Ordinance |
1787law that set up a government for the northwest territory and served as a modelfor other new territories and as a plan for admitting new states to the Union |
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Impact |
An influence or effect
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Shay's Rebellion |
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms becauseof debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution |
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Process |
An Action or a series of actions directed toward a result
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Despite |
regardless or in spite of
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ConstitutionalConvention |
Meetingof state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new constitution |
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GreatCompromise |
Agreementproviding a dual system of congressional representation. |
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The three fifths conpromise |
Agreementproviding that enslaved persons would count as three fifths of other personsdetermining representation in congress |
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Electoral College |
Agroup of people named by each state legislature to select the president andvice president. |
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Federalists |
Supporters of Constitution
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Anti-Federalists |
Those who opposed the Ratification of the constitution
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federalism |
form of govt. in which power is divided between federal national, and state.
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The Federalists papers
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A series of essays written to defend the Constitution
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Preample
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The opening section of constitution
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Article
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one of several main parts of the constitution
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amendments
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any change in the constitution
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legislative branch |
the lawmaking branch of govt. |
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Executive branch |
Law enforcing branch of govt
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judical branch
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the branch of govt. that interprets laws
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assume
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to take or accept a role of responsability
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popular sovereignty |
the idea that power lies with the people |
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Ensure |
To guarentee
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limited Government |
Theprincipal that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful; a government thatcan only do what the people allow it to do |
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Rule of Law |
Principle that the law applies to everyone, even those whom govern
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assign |
to dole out or give as a task |
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separation of powers |
Thesplit Authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. |
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Checks and balances |
Asystem in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, thepower of the others |
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Enumerated Powers |
Powersgranted directly to the national government by the Constitution; Another namefor expressed powers |
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Reserved powers |
Powersthat the constitution does not give to the national government that are kept bythe state. |
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Concurrent powers |
powers that are shared by the state federal govt.
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Supremacy Clause |
Theclause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail overstate laws when there is conflict |
