Constitution

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Articles of Confederation

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Plan for national government ratified in 1781

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ratification

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Act of official confirmation

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levy

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Impose or raise a tax

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Founders (or Framers)

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People who helped create the U.S Constitution

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Virginia Plan

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Proposal for a two-house legislature with representation according to the state's population or wealth

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Great Compromise

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Agreement to establich a two-house national legislature, with all the states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on it's population in the other house

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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The agreement that 3/5 of a state's slave population would be counted for representation and taxation

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Judicial Branch

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Government department that enterprets laws

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Legislative Branch

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Government department that makes laws

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Checks & Balances

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The ability of each branch of governmentto excercise checks, or controls, over the other branches

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Antifederalists

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People who opposed the ratification of the Costitution

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Federalists

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People who supported the ratification of the Costitution

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Federalism

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A system of government in which power is shared between national and state governments

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majority rule

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A system of government in which more than 1/2 of a group holds the power to make decisions binding the entire group

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amendment

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addition to a document

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Bill of Rights

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The first 10 amendments to the U.S constitution

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House of Representatives

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The house of government where the amount of representatives from a state is based off of population

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Senate

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The house of government where the amount of representatives from a state is even throughout the U.S

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Congress

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the national legislative body of a country.

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Popular Sovereignty

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the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives

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Republicanism

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the ideology of governing a society or state as a republic

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separation of powers

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an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies

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bicameralism

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is an essential and defining feature of the classical notion of mixed government.

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judicial review

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Principle that states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution

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impeachment

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to formally accuse the president of misconduct in the office

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quorum

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the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.

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revenue

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income

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veto

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to prevent from becoming a law

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naturalization

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is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act

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elastic clause

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a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.

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natural born citizen

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one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for election to the office of President or Vice President.

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electoral college

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a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president

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Supreme Court

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the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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due process of law

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fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.

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bail

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release or secure the release of (a prisoner) on payment of bail

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Constitution

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a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

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limited government

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A political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers

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New Jersey Plan

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Proposal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote

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Executive Branch

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Government department that enforces laws