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23 Cards in this Set
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False
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States had no government when America was born |
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True
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The constitution divides the federal power among three branches of government
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True
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Powers that states and the federal government share are called concurrent powers
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False |
Implied powers are stated in the constitution and expressed powers are not |
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True |
People today still debate how much power the states and the federal government should have |
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True |
No one person invented the democracy |
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Judeo Christian Way
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they acknowledge God as the source of our rights |
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House of Burgesses |
First legislative assembly in the American Colonies |
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Petition of Rights
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No quartering of soldiers in citizens homes. |
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Athens
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direct democracy |
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Rome |
republic
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Rome |
Large territory and population |
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Athens |
small population and territory |
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English Nobility |
Wrote the Magna Carta |
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English Pilgrims |
Wrote the Mayflower Compact |
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English Parliament |
Wrote the English Bill of Rights |
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M.C.E.B.R.M.C |
Were involved when the constitution was written
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M.C.E.B.R
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Are government documents and limited the king's powers
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Unitary |
type of government where the central government has all the power |
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Constitution |
the federal government gets all of its powers from this |
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Supremacy
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clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws |
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Federalism |
Division of power between a central government and state governments |
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Implied |
powers that are not actually stated in the constitution |
