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What is the Bill of Attainder? |
No punishment can be served without a trial. |
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What is the Ex Post Facto law? |
It is when you can not be punished for a crime that was not a crime at the time. |
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What are the 3 powers denied to the States? |
1.) States can not have war power (no navy). 2.) States can not have there own kind of money. 3.) States can not extract alliances with foreign powers. |
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What is the Supremacy clause? |
It states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land. |
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What does Writ of Habeas Corpus mean? |
A court order to produce the body. |
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Implied Powers are? |
Not written power. |
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Expressed Powers are? |
Written Powers. |
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Would it be the States or Federal government that would write the laws that govern our school? |
States because it is not specified in the federal government. |
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What is the 10th Admendment? |
The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. |
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Define Federalism |
Shared power between the State and Federal government. |
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How many Admendments have been proposed in Congress? How many have the States been sent? How many have been ratified? |
Around 12 thousand, 33, 27. |
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What is Judicial Review? |
Supreme Court can declare the executive acts and the president unconstitutional. |
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Look at picture. |
Look at picture. |
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What is the story behind the Virginias ratification? |
A battle between Madison and Patrick Henry and Virginia passed ratification because of an agreement between Madison and Jefferson about the Bill of rights. |
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What was the main complaint of the people who did not support ratification? |
No bill of rights. |
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What is the book they wrote to support ratification? |
The Federalist Papers |
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People that did not support ratification were called? |
Anti-Federalist |
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People who supported ratification of the Constitution were called? |
Federalist |
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What is the best reference to look up info about the debates of the Federal Convention of 1787? |
Notes of Federal Convention by James Madison |
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How many of the delegates had college degrees? |
26 out of 55 |
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Why was it important that Washington be the president? |
He was the only southern that the north trusted. |
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Who is the Eldest member of the convention? |
Ben Franklin (81) |
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What did the "Father" of the Constitution do before he wrote it? |
Read over 200 books |
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Who is the "Father" of the Constitution? |
James Madison |
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Which state refused to send delegates? Why? |
Rhode Island because the farmers were taking advantage of the inflation. |
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What city was the Constitution debated in? |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |