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CH.2 Vocab Flashcards

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Unalienable

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A human right based on nature or god

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Articles Of Confederation

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A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary war

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Constitutional Convention

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A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

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Shay’s Rebellion

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A 1787 rebellion in which ex revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes.

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Virginia Plan

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Proposal to create a strong national governmnet

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New Jersey Plan

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Proposal to create a wake national government

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Federalism

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Government and authority shared by national and local governments

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Anti-Federalists

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those who favor a weaker national government

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Declaration of Independence

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Drafted in 1776 by T. Jefferson declaring Americas depredation from Great Britain

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Ratification

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Method of enacting a constitution or amendment into law

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Three-Fifths compromise

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Agreement that each slave counted as 3/5 of a person in determining representation in the house for representation and taxation purposes

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Federalists

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Those who favor a stronger national government

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Habeas Corpus

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an order to produce an arrested person before a judge

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Inherent Powers

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Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the constitution but are inferred from it

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implied powers

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Powers no specifically mentioned in the constitution

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Bill of Rights

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First 10 amendments to the constitution

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Social Contract

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A voluntary agreement between the government and the governed

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Popular Sovereignty

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People are the source of all government

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Separation of Powers

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Sharing of constitutional authority by multiple branches of government

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Ex post facto law

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A law that makes an act criminal even though the act was legal when it was committed

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Bill of attainder

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A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime

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Limited Government

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Basic principle of U.S government that each person has rights that government cant take away.

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Judicial review

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The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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constitutional Convention

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A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new Constitution.

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coalition
an alliance of groups
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Reserved Powers
Powers given to the state government alone
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Concurrent Powers
Powers shared by the national and state government
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Enumerated Powers
Powers give to the national government alone
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Checks and Balances
Constitution ability of multiple branches of government to limit each others power.
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Great (Connecticut) Compromise
Plan to have a popularly elected house based on state population and a state - selected senate, with 2 members for each state.
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Slave trade Compromise
Congress could not tax exports nor ban the slave trade for 20 years.
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Factions
A group with a distinct Political Interest
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Liberty
The right to do anything without interference of the government.
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Electoral College
The people chosen to cast each states votes in a presidential election. each state can cast one electoral vote for each senator or representative it has.
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John Locke
English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.