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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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approveing
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levy
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to give taxes |
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Founders (or Framers)
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people that helped create the constotution
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Virginia Plan |
plan too make government not to powerful
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New Jersey Plan
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plan to make people not as powerful |
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Great Compromise
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a compromise to make all the states happy with the new government |
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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that 3/5 of slaves counted as population after taxes |
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Executive Branch
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the branch that enforces laws
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Judicial Branch |
interprets laws
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Legislative Branch |
creates laws |
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Checks & Balances
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the ability of each branches
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Antifederalists
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people that didn't support federalism |
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Federalists |
supported federalism
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Federalism |
a system wich power is shared between the goverment and the states |
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majority rule |
thte majority of votes wins not if its all of the the all the votes
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amendment
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addeed rule to the constitution after its creation |
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Bill of Rights |
the tights that the government cannot take away from the peole |
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House of Representatives
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a place where representitives from each state depending on their population |
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Senate |
representitives from each state just 2 reprenentitives |
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Congress
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the government today |
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Popular Sovereignty
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people that are chosen to govern
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Republicanism
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one of the political parties |
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separation of powers
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the way our government dosent get too powerful
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limited government
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a government that dosent have all the power |
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bicameralism |
haveing two houses as a legeslative branch |
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judicial review |
the power to impeach
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impeachment |
to be un-presidentied
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quorum |
perticulary chosen group members |
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revenue |
money from taxes
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veto
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to not accept a law
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naturalization |
to naturalize |
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elastic clause |
the right of the government to make laws |
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Natural born citizen |
Born in 'Murica |
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electoral college |
Voters per state |
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Supreme Court
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part of the government |
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suffrage
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the right to vote |
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due process of law |
fair treatment to the judicial system
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bail |
to exit or abandon |
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Constitution |
the paper that shows the laws for government |
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