chap 2- The Constitution VOCABULARY

Question 1

Indentured servants

Answer 1

a colonial American settler contracted to work for a fixed period of time in exchange for food, shelter, transportation to the new world

Question 2

Compact

Answer 2

a mutual agreement that provides for joint action to achieve defined goals

Question 3

Covenant

Answer 3

a compact invoking religious or moral authority

Question 4

delegate representation

Answer 4

representatives follow the expressed wishes of the voters

Question 5

Trustee representation

Answer 5

representatives do what they regard as in the best interest of their constituents- even if constitution doesn’t agree

Question 6

Mercantilism

Answer 6

an economic theory in which the government restrains imports and promotes exports to main national power and wealth

Question 7

first continental congress

Answer 7

a convention of delegates from 12 or 13 colonies that meet in 1774

Question 8

second continental congress

Answer 8

a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that became the acting national gov for the duration of the revolutionary war

Question 9

Confederation

Answer 9

group of independent states or nations that yield some of their powers to a national government. although each state retains a degree of sovereign authority

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

power divided between national and state government

Question 11

Virginia plan

Answer 11

Madison’s plan, embraced by constitutional convention delegates from larger states; strengthen the national government relative to state government

Question 12

Bicameral

Answer 12

having two legislative houses such as the house and the senate

Question 13

New Jersey plan

Answer 13

put forward at the convention by the small states, and left most government authority with state governments

Question 14

Unicameral

Answer 14

having a single legislative house

Question 15

Electoral college

Answer 15

The system est. by the constitution to elect the president

Question 16

Classical republicanism

Answer 16

Democratic ideal that calls on citizens to participate in public affairs, seek the public interest, shun private game, and refer to natural leaders

Question 17

Bill of Rights

Answer 17

the first 10 amendments to the constitution

Question 18

Incorporation

Answer 18

the process by which the supreme court declares that a right in the bill of rights also applies to state government

Question 19

Originalism

Answer 19

principle of legal interpretation that relies on the original meaning of those who wrote the constitution

Question 20

Pragmatism

Answer 20

a principle of legal interpretation based on the idea of the constitution evolves and that interpretation of the constitution must be put in the context of contemporary realities