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