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34 Cards in this Set
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states the purpose of the constitution
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Preamble
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Article 1
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Legislative Branch
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Article 2
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Executive Branch
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Article 3
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Judicial Branch
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Article 4
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Relations among the States
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Article 5
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Amending the Constitution
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Article 6
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National debts, supremacy of national law, and oaths of office.
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Article 7
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Ratifying the Constitution
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Amendent One
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Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition.
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Amendment two
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Right To bear Arms
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Amendment three
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Quartering of Troops
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4th Amendment
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Searches and Seizures
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5th Amendment
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Criminal proceedings; Due Process; Eminent Domain
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6th Amendment
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Criminal Proceedings
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7th Amendment
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Civil Trials
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8th Amendment
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Punishment for Crimes
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The government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
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Constitutionalism
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A governmental system in which the powers of government are divided on a geographic basis
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Federalism
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The group that makes the formal selection of the nations president.
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Electoral College
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The power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of a law or other governmental action
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Judicial Review
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A system by which one branch of government can be restrained by one or both of the other branches.
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Checks and balances
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The Principle that federal government has three equal branches
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Seperation of Powers
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The constitution is divided into seven major sections called
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Article
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The First Ten Amendments to the US Constitution
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Bill of Rights
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results in changes to the written words of the Constitution.
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Formal Amendment
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the principle that states that government must be bound by a fundamental law
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Rule of Law
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Amendment 8
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Punishment for Crimes
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President power to reject a bill passed by the legislature
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veto
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to declare illegal, null a void, of no force and effect
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unconstitutional
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changes in the constitutions written words
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amendment
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a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state.
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Executive agreement
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A formal agreement between two or more soverign states
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treaty
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and advisory body to the president
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Cabinet
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Custom that the senate will not approve a presidential appointment opposed by a majority party senator from the state which the appointee would serve
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Senatorial Courtesy
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