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39 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation |
Plan for national government approved in 1781 |
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ratification |
Official confirming something |
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levy |
The act of raising a tax |
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Founders (or Framers)
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People who helped creat the U.S. Constitution |
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Virginia Plan
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Two-house legislature with representation determined by states population |
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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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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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majority rule
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More then half of a group votes can make decision for the whole group
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amendment
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Addition to a document
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Bill of Rights
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First ten amendments
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House of Representatives
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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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bicameralism
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The two legislative houses
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judicial review
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Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the constitution
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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 |
A statement granting congress to pass all law's necessary
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natural born citizen |
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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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 |
A fundamental nation or state gov.
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