Constitution Flash Cards

Front 1

Articles of Confederation

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Plan for national government approved in 1781

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ratification

Back 2

Official confirming something

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Front 3

levy

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The act of raising a tax

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Front 4

Founders (or Framers)

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People who helped creat the U.S. Constitution

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Front 5

Virginia Plan

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Two-house legislature with representation determined by states population

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Front 6

New Jersey Plan

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Legislature in each state would get one vote

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Three-Fifths of states slave population wil count for taxes

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Front 8

Executive Branch

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Enforces law's

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Judicial Branch

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Interprets law's

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Legislative Branch

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Makes law's

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Checks & Balances

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Exercise checks or to control over other branches

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Antifederalists

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People who didn'tbsupport having a constitution

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Federalists

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People who supported having a constitution

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Federalism

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A system were the federal gov. and the states share power

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Front 15

majority rule

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More then half of a group votes can make decision for the whole group

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Front 16

amendment

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Addition to a document

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Front 17

Bill of Rights

Back 17

First ten amendments

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Front 18

House of Representatives

Back 18

The lower legislative branch

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Senate

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The upper legislative branch

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Congress

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The national legislative branch

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Popular Sovereignty

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Power vested in the people

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Republicanism

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Policy of the republican party

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separation of powers

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Equal power between th executive, legislative, and judicial branch

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limited government

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Government has limited power

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Front 25

bicameralism

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The two legislative houses

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Front 26

judicial review

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Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the constitution

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Front 27

impeachment

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Congress or State legislature

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quorum

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Members of a group required to present busines legally

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revenue

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Income of a gov.

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veto

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To prevent from becoming a law

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naturalization

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To confirm the rights of citizens

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elastic clause

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A statement granting congress to pass all law's necessary

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natural born citizen

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A requirement established to protect the nation

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electoral college

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Votes made by members of the electoral college and elects the president and vice president

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Front 35

Supreme Court

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Highest court in the U.S.

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suffrage

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The right to vote

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due process of law

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No citizen can be denied by his or her rights

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bail

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Giving money so someone can be relesed from custody

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Constitution

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A fundamental nation or state gov.

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