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25 Cards in this Set
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unalienable
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a human right based on nature or God, not whims/preferences of people
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Articles of Confederation
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a weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War (1781, couldn't levy taxes or regulate commerce)
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Constitutional Convention
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meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new Constitution
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Shay's Rebellion
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1787 rebellion in which ex-revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes
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Virginia Plan
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proposal to create strong national government
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New Jersey Plan
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proposal to create weak national government
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Great Compromise
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plan to have a popularly electes House based on state population and a state-selected senate, with 2 members for each state
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republic
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a government in which elected representatives make the decisions
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judicial review
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power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
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federalism
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government authoriy is shared by national and local governments
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enumerated powers
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powers given only to national government
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checks and balances
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authority shared by the 3 branches of government
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reserved powers
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powers given only to state government
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concurrent powers
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powers shared by national and state governments
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seperation of powers
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Constitutional authority is shared by the three different branches of government
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faction
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a group with a distinct political interest
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federalist
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those who favor a stronger national government
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antifederalists
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those who favor weaker national government
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coalition
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alliance of factions
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Bill of Rights
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first twn amendments to the Constitution
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habeas corpus
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order to produce an arrested person before a judge
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bill of attainder
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law that declarws a person, without a trial, guilty of a crime
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ex post facto law
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law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed
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amendment
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a new provision in the constitution that has been ratified by the states
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line-item veto
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an executives ability to blocl a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature
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