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15 Cards in this Set
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Enumerated Powers
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Powers explicitly granted to Congress bt the Constitution
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Republicanism
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A form of Gov in which power resides in the people and is exercised by tehir elected rep.s
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Supremacy Clause
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The clause in Article 6 of teh Constitution that asserts that nationla laws take precedence over state and local laws when they conflict.
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Implied Powers
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The powers that Congress requires in order to execute its enumerated powers
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Seperation of Powers
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The assignment of law-making, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions of seperate branches of govnt.
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Bill pf Rights
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First 10 Ammendments to the Constitution. Prevent the Natl government from tampering with fundamental rights and civil liberties and emphasize the limited character of teh natl government.
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Federalsim
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The division of power between a central gov and regional gov.s
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Social Contract Theory
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The belief that the people agree to set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to remove rulers who act against those purposes.
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Republic
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Gov w/out a monarch. Rooted in the consent of the governeed, whose power is exercised by elected rep.s responsible to the government.
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Executive Branch
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The law enforcing branch of gov
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Decleration of Independence
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the document that proclaimed the right if the colonies to seperate from Great Britian
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Articles of the Confederation
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The first official US government
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Great Comprimise
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AKA Conn. Comprimise
Submitted at the Convention of 1787, a plan the called for a bicameral legislature in which the House of Reps would be apportioned according to population and the states would be represented eqally in the Senate. |
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Necessary and Proper Clause
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AKA Elastic Clause
Last clause in Section 8 of Article 1 of teh Constitution. Gives Congress the means to execute its enumerated powrs. It is the basis for Congress's implied powrs. |
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1 Judicial
2 Legislative |
1 Branch that interprets the laws
2 Branch that makes the laws |
