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22 Cards in this Set
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Representative Assembly
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A legislature composed of individuals who represent the population.
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Natural Rights
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Right held to be inherent to natural law, not dependent on governements.
John Locke: life, liberty, and property. |
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Social Contract
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A voluntary greement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
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Bicameral Legislature
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Made of 2 chambers.
Ex: US Congress which includes Senate & House of Reps |
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Supremacy Doctrine
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Asserts the priority of national law over state laws. Rooted in Art. 6
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Great Compromise
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Compromise between NJ and VA plans that created one chamber based on population and one chamber representing each state equally; Also called the Connecticut Compromise.
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Seperation of Powers
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The principle of dividing governmental powers among different branches of government.`
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Madisonian Model
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A structure of government proposed by James Madison in which powers of government are seperated into 3 branches: executive, legislative, judicial.
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Checks & Balances
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A major principle of the American system of government whereby each branch of the government can check the actions of the others.
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Electoral College
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Group of persons called electors selected by the voters in each state and D.C., this group officially elects the president and VP of the US.
Number of electors in each state is equal to number of state reps in congress. |
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Federal System
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System in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments.
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Uni-cameral legislature
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1 legislative chamber. Nebraka is the only state in the Union with a unicameral legislature.
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Confederation
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States or regional governments retain ulimate authority except for those powers they delegate to central government.
Voluntary association in which member states agree to limites restraints on their freedom of action. |
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State
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Group of people occupying a specific area and organized under one government, may be either a nation or a subunit of a nation.
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Ratification
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Formal approval
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Federalist
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The name given to one who was in favor of the US Constitution and the creation of a federal union with a strong central government.
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Ammendment Proposal
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-2/3 vote in each house of Congress
or -national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of state legislature |
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Anti-Federalist
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Individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitution in 1787. The Anti-Federalists were opposed to a strong central government.
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Executive Agreement
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an international agreement between chiefs of a state tht does not require legislative approval.
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Judicial Review
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The power of the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional federal or state laws and other acts of government.
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Ammendment Ratification
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-Positive vote in 3/4 of the legislatures of various states
-By special conventions called in the states for the specific purpose of ratifying and a positive vote in 3/4 of these state conventions |
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Informal Methods of Constitution
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- Congressional Legislation
- Judicial Review - Presidential Action - Changing Interpretation of the Constitution |
