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contract clause
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Was designed to prevent states from enacting legislation to extend the period during which debtors could meet their payments or otherwise relieve them of their contractual obligations – it was intended to cover contracts between ordinary citizens but was expanded by the interpretations of the Marshall court to prevent states from altering in any way privileges previously conferred on a corporation (Article I section 10 clause 1).
Article I Section 10 - Powers prohibited of States No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. |
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commerce clause
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Congressional authority extends to all commerce that effects more than one state and to all activities, wherever they exist or whatever their nature… foreign or domestic (Article I section 8 clause 3).
Article I Section 8 - Powers of Congress To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes |
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necessary and proper clause
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Article I Section 8 grants the Congress powers that can and “ought to be construed literally in advancement of the public good” – that is necessary and proper in the carrying out the governing duties as listed in the Constitution.
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eminent domain
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The inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent.
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putting-out system
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A means of subcontracting work. It was also known as the workshop system. In putting-out, work was contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who completed the work in their own facility, usually their own home.
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Francis Cabot Lowell
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Devised an efficient spinning apparatus and a power loom, based on the British models but with technological improvements.
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Elias Howe
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The inventor of the first American-patented sewing machine.
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noblesse oblige
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One must act in a fashion that conforms with one's position, and with the reputation that one has earned.
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