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37 Cards in this Set
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Checks and balances |
System that stops one branch of government gaining to much power |
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Due process |
Doing things the correct way in a trail |
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Electoral college |
Each state gets a number of eletroal votes |
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Enumerated powers |
Tells each branch what they can and cant do |
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Justice |
Fair trial |
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Federalism |
State government shares power with national government |
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Limited government |
Government is restricted by law |
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Natural rights |
Rights that every citizen has cannot be taken away |
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Popular sovereignty |
Government is based on consent of people |
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Property rights |
Right to own your property |
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Religious liberty |
Freedom of religious opinion and worship |
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Representative government |
The people get to decide who represents them in government |
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reserved powers |
Power not granted to the government but to the people |
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Rule of law |
All people are apilable to the law that is fairly applied and enforced |
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Sepration of powers |
An act vesting the legislative, executive, and judical powers of government in separate powers |
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Social compact |
Agreement among memebers of a society to come together for a government |
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John locke |
People had ability to govern themselves and government would protect it also natural rights |
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Thomas hobes |
Humans are selfish, not trusted to make over descisions all people are equal |
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Magna carta |
Limited kings power, forced king to follow rules, promised to not raise taxes, people had right to war if king broke rules |
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English bill of rights |
Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly prohibited creul and unusual punishment parliament controled taxing not the king |
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Mayflower compact |
Pilgrams drew up an agreement that the passengers would stay in a civil body politic just equal laws under god |
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Comon sense |
People had right to institute a new government and revolt., clean language written for thr people |
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Representation |
House of representatives based on population senate is two for every state |
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Slavery |
For every 5 slaves it would count as 3 population |
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Trade |
Government taxes imports not exports |
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Powers of election of president |
Eletroal college |
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Ratification |
Bill of rights |
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Amendment 1 |
Freedom of religion, speech, and the press |
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Amendment 2 |
The right to bear arms |
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Amendment 3 |
The housing of soldiers |
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Amendment 4 |
Protection froms unreasonable seraches and seizures |
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Amendment 5 |
Protection of natural rights |
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Amendment 6 |
Rights of accused persons in a criminal case |
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Amendment 7 |
Rights in civil cases |
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Amendment 8 |
Excessive bail fine and cruel punishment |
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Amendment 9 |
Other rights kept by the people |
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Amendment 10 |
Undelagated powers kept by the untied states and the people |
