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40 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation |
first failed government before the Constitution |
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ratification
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an official way to vaildate something |
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levy
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to impose a tax on something |
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Founders (or Framers)
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a person who made an article or official document |
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Virginia Plan
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a proposal from the Virginian delegates for a two part legislative branch |
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New Jersey Plan
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a proposal from the New Jersey delegates for a three part government
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Great Compromise
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a compromise that stated how each state would be repesented |
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Three-Fifths Compromise |
each slave counted as three fifths or a person |
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Executive Branch
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enforces the laws |
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Judicial Branch
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interprets the laws
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Legislative Branch
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makes laws |
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Checks & Balances
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couterbalancing influences by which an organization or systems is regulated |
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Antifederalists
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believe the government has to much power |
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Federalists
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satisfied with the government |
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Federalism
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the federal principle or system oof government |
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majority rule
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the topic with the most votes wins
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amendment
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changes to the Constitution |
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Bill of Rights
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the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution |
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House of Representatives
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the lower house of congress (435 elected officials) |
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Senate
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the seond house of congress
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Congress
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legislative body in the U.S. |
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Popular Sovereignty
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the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people |
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Republicanism |
the idea of governing a society or state as a republic |
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separation of powers
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an act of vesting any of the three branches of government |
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limited government
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a political system in which a legalized force is restriced through delegated power |
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bicameralism |
a essential and defining feature of classical notion of mixed government |
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judicial review
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a review by the U.S. Supreme Court |
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impeachment
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the removal of a president
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quorum
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the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly
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revenue
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income |
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veto
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to say no to a law
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naturalization
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te process by which a U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen |
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elastic clause
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a statement in th U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass laws |
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natural born citizen
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to be born in the U.S. |
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electoral college
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a body of peole representing the states |
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Supreme Court |
the highest judicial court |
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suffrage
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the right to vote in political elections |
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due process of law
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fair treatment through the normal judicial system |
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bail
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the temorary release of an accused person awaiting trial |
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Constitution |
a composition of laws or principles according to a government |
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