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22 Cards in this Set
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Federalist Papers
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Essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay supporting the Constitution and ratification of it
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The Great Compromise was _________________
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Agreement to have a bicameral legislature, one house based on state's population and the other on equal representation for each state
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Connecticut Compromise
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another name for the Great Compromise
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Three Fifths Compromise
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Agreement that states could count three fifths of their slave population in determining number of representatives
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Framers guaranteed "Fragmentation of Power" by what three methods in the Constitution?
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Federation - states kept many powers
Separation of Powers - 3 branches of gov't Checks & Balances - overlapping powers |
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Constitutional framers could have been influenced by what Indian tribe?
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Iriquois
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Framers emphasized political theories, but also insisted on ________________ rights
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Economic rights
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The Constitution can be changed by what three methods?
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Amendments
Judicial interpretation Political Practice |
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What are examples of Political Practice having an effect on our form of government under the Constitution?
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Committee system in Congress, or
Establishment of Departments and Cabinet |
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Emancipitation Proclamation
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By Lincoln, said slaves were to be freed (did NOT include right to vote)
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Importance of Gettysburg Address
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Lincoln felt Constitution had abandoned principles of equality, raised status of Declaration of Independence
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Reconstruction Amendments served what purpose for Lincoln?
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Added principles of equality from the Declaration into the Constitution
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What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
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13 - abolished slavery
14 - gave all born or naturalized in US status as citizens 15 - said all citizens could vote (did NOT include females) |
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Effect of Great Depression and New Deal on our government processes?
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Brought Supreme Court into prominence as it ruled several New Deal laws were unconstitutional
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What happened to our government under Roosevelt and the New Deal?
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Great increase in size of government, an example of "political practice" as a change to the Constitution
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"Rendition" in relation to our government
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We cannot torture people, and terrorists won't confess, so we send them to other countries where they can be tortured to get information
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What is the "Watergate"? (NOT the Watergate Scandal, the name itself)
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An appartment building near the Kennedy Center in D.C.
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Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings. The Supreme Court had to rule on whether he should. What was their constitutional problem?
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If they ruled that he should and he refused, they had no power to make him give up the tapes; would be seen as powerless.
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The Watergate tapes proved what about Nixon's involvement in the break-in to the Democratic Party Offices?
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He had NOT ordered it, but became aware of it and tried to cover it up
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First Constitution of the U.S.
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Articles of Confederation
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Shay's Rebellion
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Uprising by farmers in Massachusetts, wealthy feared "mob rule"
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Why did Framers of Constitution want Indirect Democracy?
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to avoid mob rule, or mischief of factions
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