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16 Cards in this Set
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an amendment that declared :
all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.(except Indians) were citizens, and that all citizens were entitled to equal rights |
14th amendment
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an amendment that freed all slaves without compensation to the slaveowners
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13th amendment
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those opposed to the constitution because they feared the power of the national government in the new system
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Anti-Federalists
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those favoring ratification of the constitution
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federalists
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a ruling that the Constitution gave control of interstate commerce to the U. S. Congress, not the individual states through which a route passed,
the ruling responded to an effort by the state of New York to accept a monoploy to operate steam boat traffic between New York and New Jersey |
Gibbons vs. Ogden
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protected in the bill of rights include economic rights related to property, political rights related to freedom of speech and press, and personal rights related to bearing arms and maintaining private residences
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Individual Rights
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the power of the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if a state or federal law is unconstitutional
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judicial review
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Maryland was opposed to the establishment of a national bank and challenged the authority of the federal government to establish one,
Supreme Court ruled that the power of the Federal Govt. was supreme over that of the states and that the states could not interfere |
McCullough vs. Maryland
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to make a law no longer exist
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nullify
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the concept that political power rests with people who can create, alter, and abolish government
people express themselves through voting and free participation in government |
Popular Sovereignty
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a right that belongs to all people and should never be taken away
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unalienable rights
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a landmark Supreme Court case which confirmed the status od slaves as property rather than citizens, a slave could not be heard in Federal Courts because he was not a citizen
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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the first judgment by the Supreme Court which supported the federal system of government
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Marbury vs. Madison
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the concept that political power rests with people who can create, alter, and abolish government
people express themselves through voting and free participation in government |
Popular Sovereignty
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in 1828 , Congress approved a high tariff to protect U.S. interests from competition from foreign trade
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Nullification Crisis
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an amendment that granted black men the right to vote
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15th amendment
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