Constitution Cards

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Articles of Confederation

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first failed government before the Constitution

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ratification

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the official way to make something make something offical, usually by voting

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levy

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an act of taxing someone or something

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Founders (or Framers)

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a person who creates a concept or plan

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Virginia Plan

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a proposal by delegates from Virginia to have a three branch government

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New Jersey Plan

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a plan from New Jersey delegates to have one legislative house with equal representation

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Great Compromise

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compromise that all states made to that they have equal representation in senate and population based in House

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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A compromise southern states made to have three- fifths of their slave population count toward their actual population

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Executive Branch

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branch that enforces and supports the laws

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Judicial Branch

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branch that interprets the laws

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Legislative Branch

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branch that creates the laws

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Checks & Balances

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ensures that not one branch gains all of the power (if the president vetos a law the congress can overide his veto)

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Antifederalists

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group that refused to ratify the Constitutuion

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Federalists

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supporter of the Constitutuion

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Federalism

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a system in which the power is divided between national and regional or state

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majority rule

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rule that a greater number should have greater power

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amendment

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a minor change in a document

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Bill of Rights

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first 10 amendments in the Constitution

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House of Representatives

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the lower house of the U.S Congress

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Senate

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any legislative body in the government

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Congress

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the national legislative body of the government

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Popular Sovereignty

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the idea that the authority of government is created by the people

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Republicanism

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the idea of a government that is run by the head of state who represents the people

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separation of powers

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the idea of splitting the judicial, legislative , and executive branches into seperate bodies

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limited government

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the power of government to intervene in the exercise of liberties is illegal

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bicameralism

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having two branches in the legislative body

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judicial review

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when the US Supreme review the validity of an legislative act

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impeachment

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when a government official is acussed of a unlawful act

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quorum

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the minimum amount of members of an assembly to make the meeting valid

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revenue

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income

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veto

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contitutional right to reject a decision

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naturalization

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when US citzenship is granted to a foreign citizen

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elastic clause

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a statement in the US Constitution that grants congress the power to create laws

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natural born citizen

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a person who is eligible to run for the US governent (born is U.S.A)

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electoral college

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the institution that official elects the president.

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Supreme Court

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highest court in the judicial branch

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suffrage

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the right to vote in elections

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due process of law

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fair treatment through the judicial system

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bail

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temporary release of a prisoner waiting to go on trial

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Constitution

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a body of fundamental principles for the government

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