CH.2 Vocab Flashcards
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Unalienable
A human right based on nature or god
Articles Of Confederation
A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary war
Constitutional Convention
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
Shay’s Rebellion
A 1787 rebellion in which ex revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes.
Virginia Plan
Proposal to create a strong national governmnet
New Jersey Plan
Proposal to create a wake national government
Federalism
Government and authority shared by national and local governments
Anti-Federalists
those who favor a weaker national government
Declaration of Independence
Drafted in 1776 by T. Jefferson declaring Americas depredation from Great Britain
Ratification
Method of enacting a constitution or amendment into law
Three-Fifths compromise
Agreement that each slave counted as 3/5 of a person in determining representation in the house for representation and taxation purposes
Federalists
Those who favor a stronger national government
Habeas Corpus
an order to produce an arrested person before a judge
Inherent Powers
Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the constitution but are inferred from it
implied powers
Powers no specifically mentioned in the constitution
Bill of Rights
First 10 amendments to the constitution
Social Contract
A voluntary agreement between the government and the governed
Popular Sovereignty
People are the source of all government
Separation of Powers
Sharing of constitutional authority by multiple branches of government
Ex post facto law
A law that makes an act criminal even though the act was legal when it was committed
Bill of attainder
A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime
Limited Government
Basic principle of U.S government that each person has rights that government cant take away.
Judicial review
The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional
constitutional Convention
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new Constitution.