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15 Cards in this Set
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New Jersey Plan
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Equal Representation
Proposed by William Paterson |
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Virginia Plan
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Proportional Representation
Proposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph |
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Great Compromise
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Equal & Proportional Representation
House & Senate Proposed by Roger Sherman |
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Legislative Branch
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Headed by Congress
makes laws, impeaches officials |
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Executive Branch
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Headed by President
Vetoes laws, enforces laws |
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Judicial Branch
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Headed by Supreme Court
Declares laws constitutional or unconstitutional |
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Judicial Review
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power of the Supreme Court to decide whether the acts of a President or law passed by Congress is constitutional.
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Federalism
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a principle of the United States Constitution that establishes the division of power between the federal government and the states.
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Trail of Tears
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forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a region west of the Mississippi during which thousands of Cherokees died.
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Tariff of Abominations
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A high tariff passed by congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the north
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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In 1798, Federalist-supported laws that permitted the President to expel foreigners made it harder for immigrants to become citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials.
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Louisiana
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Thomas Jefferson bought it;
gained shiz loads of land for US Merriweather Lewis and William Clark sent to explore it |
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Oregon Territory
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Acquired through manifest destiny
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Sectionalism
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loyalty to a state or section rather than to a whole country
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Missouri Compromise
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by Henry Clay
Added Missouri as slave state, Main; free. |
