Unit 1 Review Sheet

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Supremacy Clause

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establishes the United States Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as "the supreme law of the land."

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Necessary and proper clause/ Elastic clause

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Commonly referred to as elastic clause. Allows Gov to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution."

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Expressed Powers

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delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"

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Implied Powers

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Those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution.

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Commerce Clause

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federal government has the authority to make laws that pertain to international and interstate trade

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Ex Post Facto Laws

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change the rules of evidence in a criminal case, retroactively alter the definition of a crime, retroactively increase the punishment for a criminal act, or punish conduct that was legal when committed

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NJ Vs. VJ Plan

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It created a bicameral, legislative body for the United States. The Great Compromise was to work out the degree of representation each state would have in Congress

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Writ Of Habeas Corpus

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directs a person, usually a prison warden, to produce the prisoner and justify the prisoner's detention.

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Federalism

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the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units or equal to both parties like USA

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Unitary

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power is held by one central authority like China

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Confederation

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All power held in state governments and very weak central like confederate states of USA

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Nullification

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Act of legally making something INVALID

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Checks and balances

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counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated

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Constitutional Convention

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Convention called in 1787 to discuss problems with the current government document, the Articles of Confederation

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impeachment

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call into question the integrity or validity of

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Key federalist

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John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

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Purpose of federalist papers

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outline key ideas in support of the constitution

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Grant

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To allow them to do something

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Federal Mandates

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Something given by the federal government where you have to do something in a set amount of time

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Dual Federalism

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divides authority between two levels, state and national

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Cooperative Federalism

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local governments, and the federal government share responsibility in the governance of the people

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Key Anti Federalists

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George Mason, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams and George Clinton

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Shays Rebellion

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an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787. Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (called Shaysites) in rising up against perceived economic injustices by Massachusetts, and in a later attempt to capture the United States' national weapons arsenal at the U.S. Armory at Springfield

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Initiave

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ability to assess and initiate things independently

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referendum

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general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision

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recall

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officially order to return to a place

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Marbury Vs Madison

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formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution

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McCullouch vs Maryland

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was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. Though the law, by its language, was generally applicable to all banks not chartered in Maryland, the Second Bank of the United States was the only out-of-state bank then existing in Maryland, and the law was recognized in the court's opinion as having specifically targeted the Bank of the United States.