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35 Cards in this Set

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First Amendment
Freedom of Religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
Second Amendment
Right to keep Arms
Third Amendment
Right not to House Troops
Fourth Amendment
Security of Yourself, your home and your property (Search and seizure)
Fifth Amendment
Rights having to do with life, liberty, property, and due process of law. Guarantees grand jury, no double jeopardy, no self incrimination, eminent domain
Sixth Amendment
Right to speedy, fair trial w/ witnesses for/against you
Seventh Amendment
Right to trial by jury.
right to trial by jury is revoked for cases under $20
Eighth Amendment
No cruel and unusual punishment, no excessive bail
Ninth Amendment
People have rights not on this list
Tenth Amendment
Anything not dealt with by fed. gov in constitution goes to states
Virginia Plan
-James Madison
-called for 3 seperate branches and bicameral congress
-create stronger national gov
-states represented based on pop.
-favored big states
New Jersey Plan
-William Patterson
-Didn't change Articles as much as VA Plan
-unicameral congress
-States represented in congress equally
-Favored small states
Connecticut compromise
-Bicameral
-House of Reps based on pop.
-Senate equally represented
-Compromise of VA and NJ plans
-Envoked federalism
-We settled for this!
-Included 3/5 clause and commerce and slave trade compromise
3/5 clause
counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for representation for House of Reps
Commerce & Slave Trade compromise
forbade congress from taxing/regulating exports from any state for 20 years and from acting on the slave trade for 20 years
Strict/liberal
-word by word
-shape C for today's world
Unconstitutional
To declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect. Does it follow the C?
Amendment
a change of the constitution in written words
informal amendment
does not change the constitution's written words. change to intrepretation
Formal amendment
A change to the constitution's written words. 27 amendments
Amendment 13
Abolishes slavery.
It is illegal except for punishment of a crime
Amendment 15
Everyone has the right to vote regardless of race or previous servitude
Amendment 18
Prohibition
Manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol is banned
Amendment 19
right to vote cannot be denied based on gender
Woman's suffrage
Amendment 22
Term limits for President
No more than 2 terms or a max of 10 years
If they replaced a Pres. for more than 2 years, they can only run for one more term
Veto
reject
Separation of powers
Basic powers are separated among 3 distinct and independent branches of the gov
Treaty
formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
electoral college
the group that makes the formal selection of the nation's president
cabinet
an advisory body to the Pres. Traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers
Constitutionalism
Gov. must be conducted according to constitutional principles
Rule of Law
Gov. and its officers are always subject to - and never above- the law
Impeachment
to bring formal charges against, this may or may not result in a removal from office
Pardon
excuse someone of their crime
reprieve
shortened sentence