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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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to sign or give formal consent |
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levy |
an act to give a tax, a fee, or a fine |
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Founders (or Framers)
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someone who creates plans, concepts, and systems of different kinds |
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Virginia Plan
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government plan to have votes per sate proportional to population |
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New Jersey Plan
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government plan to let each state, regardless of size, to one vote |
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Great Compromise |
created a House of Reprsentatives and the Senate |
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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3 / 5 of a states slaves would count to the states population |
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Executive Branch
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one of the three branches of government, responsible for leading the army, controlling imigration, and having the final say in a law being passed |
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Judicial Branch
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one of the three branches of government, rerponsible for enforcing the law |
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Legislative Branch
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one of the three branches of government, responsible for creating laws |
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Checks & Balances
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power check between the three braches of government, preventing one from being too powerful than the others |
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Antifederalists
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a group against the Constitution due to lack of basic rights |
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Federalists
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a group for the Constitution, supporting it's creation |
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Federalism |
the belief in shared powers between state and government |
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majority rule |
a voting system where if 3/4 of the voters agree, the rule is passed |
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amendment
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a modification made to a government document |
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Bill of Rights
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The first ten basic rights granted to all American citizens |
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House of Representatives |
house where laws and issues are discussed by state representatives |
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Senate
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house where laws and issues are debated by two representatives per state |
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Congress
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the House of Representatives and the Senate |
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Popular Sovereignty
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government power is given by the people's consent
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Republicanism
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The ideology in which a state or government should be governed as a republic |
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separation of powers
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control of government power by splitting it into three branches
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limited government
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government where power is shared by stat and government |
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bicameralism
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to have two branches in a legislature |
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judicial review
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some actions made by the legislative and executive branch are subject to be reviewed by the court |
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impeachment
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the process of removing the president from office |
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quorum
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a minimum number of participants for a meeting or assembly required to make the outcome of the event valid |
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revenue
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any income made by an association, business, or government |
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veto
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when a president rejects the passing of a bill and sends it back for modification
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naturalization
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the process in which any foreigner can get an official US citizenship
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elastic clause |
a clause that grants congress the power to pass all laws carrying out the enumerated list of powers |
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natural born citizen
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a person born in the United States |
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electoral college
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a group of people who are the people who represent the citizens of the US who get the power to formally vote for a president |
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Supreme Court
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the highest standing court in the US with nine justices and have the absolute final say in a prosecution should one reach this court |
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suffrage |
the right citizens get to vote in political elections |
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due process of law
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clause that states the government can not take away or deprive a citizen of life liberty, or property |
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bail
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payment that is used to release a prisoner from jail. A temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial by court |
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Constitution
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the second and successful government system that is in place to this day |
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