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37 Cards in this Set
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Federalism
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Balance between state and federal power
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New Jeresey Plan
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•one legislation
•equal representation •supprted smaller states |
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Unwritten Constitution
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Explains features that are considered implied
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Virginia Plan
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•two house legislation
•representation based on population •supported large states |
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Great Compromise
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•two house legislation
•equal representation in senate •representation in house of representative s based on state population |
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3/5ths Compromise
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3/5ths of slaves counted as population in house of representative
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Federalists
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•favored ratification of constitution
•bill of rights not needed •federal power was limited |
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Anti-Federalists
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•opposed ratification
•wanted weak federal govt. •wanted bill of rights |
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Ratification
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addition of bill of rights
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Legislative Branch
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•consisrs in senate and house of representative s
•declare wear regulate trade regulate money impeach federal officials override veto's |
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Executive Branch
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enforce laws
apoinrt government officials nominate judges |
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Judicial Branch
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interpret laws
exercise musical review |
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Concurrent Powers
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powers that are shared by both state and federal governments
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Delegated Powers
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regulate trade
declare war sign treaties establish a postal system |
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Reserved Powers
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establish schools
run elections establish schools |
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1st Amendment
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freedom of speech,religion,assembly
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2nd Amendment
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right to bear arms
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3rd Amendment
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right to protection of quarted act
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4th Amendment
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right against unreasonable search and seizure
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Northwest Ordinance
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provided protection of civil liberties to the northwest territory
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Missouri Compromise
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established a line diving the free and slave territories
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Sherman Act
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outlawed combinations of trade in order to regulate monopolies
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Homestead Act
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promised to give 160 acres of land to settlers for free
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Dawes Act
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abolished Native American tribes in order to Americanize them
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Proclamation Line
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forbade colonists to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains
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Fugitive Slave Act
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allowed southerners to recapture their property in free states
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Popular Sovereignty
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allow people to vote on the issue of slavery when they entree the union
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Nebraska territories could decide whether to be free or slave state
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13th Amendment
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slaves were freed
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14th Amendment
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citizenship and equal rights
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15th Amendment
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universal male suffrage
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Ku Klux Klan
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terrorist group that used violence to intimidate African Americans
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Jim Crow Laws
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establish racial segregation
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Poll Tax
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state laws requirred citizens to pay a tax in order to vote
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Booker T. Washington
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former slave that focused on teaching blacks trade skills to earn a living
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W.E.B DuBois
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focused on the need for traditional liberal arts education
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Common Sense:Thomas Paine
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expressed colonial discontent
encouraged revolution |
