Chapter 3 Terms Flashcards
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A government without a monarch
Republic
A loose Association of Independent states that agreed to cooperate on specified matters
Confederation
Compact along the 13 original states that established the first government United States
Articles of confederation
Included separation of the government into three branches, division of the legislature into two houses, and proportional representation in the legislature
Virginia plan
The lawmaking branch of government
Legislative branch
The law enforcing branch of government
Executive branch
The law interpreting branch of government
Judicial branch
A set of nine resolutions that would have, in effect, preserved the articles of Confederation by amending rather than replacing them
New Jersey plan
A plan calling for a bicameral legislature in which the house of representatives will be apportioned according to population in the states would be represented equally in the Senate
Great compromise
A body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for president and vice president
Electoral college
A form of government in which power resides in the people it is exercised by their elected representatives
Republicanism
The division of power between a central government and regional governments
Federalism
Discernment of warmaking, lawn forcing, and interpreting functions to separate branches of government
Separation of powers
Government structure that gives each branch some scrutiny of and control over the other branches
Checks and balances
The powers explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution
Enumerated powers
Gives Congress the mean to execute its enumerated powers
Necessary and proper clause
Those powers that Congress needs to execute its enumerated powers
Implied powers
A clause in article 6 of the constitution that asserts that national laws take precedence over state and local laws when they conflict
Supremacy clause
The first 10 amendments in the Constitution
Bill of rights
The belief that the people agreed to set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against those purposes
Social contract theory
