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25 Cards in this Set
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Unalienable |
A human right based on nature or God |
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Articles of Confederation |
A weak constitution that governed America during the revolutionary war |
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Constitutional Convention |
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution |
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Shay's Rebellion |
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosure of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes |
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Virginia Plan |
A proposal to create a strong national government |
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New Jersey Plan |
A proposal to create a weak national government |
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Great Compromise |
Plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state selected senate, with two members for each state |
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Republic |
A government in which elected representatives make the decisions |
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Judicial Review |
The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional |
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Federalism |
Government authority shared by national and local government |
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Enumerated Powers |
Powers given to the national government alone |
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Reserved Powers |
Powers given to the state government alone |
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Concurrent Powers |
Powers shared by national and state governments |
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Checks and Balances |
Authority shared by three branches of government |
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Separation of Powers |
Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government
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Faction |
A group with a distinct political interest |
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Federalists |
Those who favor a stronger national government |
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Anti-Federalists |
Those who favor a weaker national government |
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Coalition |
An alliance of factions |
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Bill of Rights |
First 10 amendments to the constitution |
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Habeas Corpus |
Order to produce an arrested person before a judge |
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Bill of Attainder |
A low declaring a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime |
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Ex Post Facto Law |
A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed |
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Amendment |
A new provision in the constitution that has been ratified by the states |
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Line-Item Veto |
An executive ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature |
