Chapter 2 pt.1 Flashcards

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unalienable

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a human right based on nature or God (natural rights)

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Articles of Confederation

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America’s first constitution; although considered weak, it governed the U.S. between 1781 and 1789

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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 former 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 have a strong national government with a bicameral congress based on state populations

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New Jersey Plan

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Proposal to have a weak national government with a unicameral congress equally represented by each state

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Connecticut Compromise

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(often referred to as the Great Compromise) Plan to have a bicameral congress with a House of Representatives based on state population and a Senate equally represented by two senators from each state

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republic

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a government in which elected representatives make decisions

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Federalists

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supporters of the Constitution who favored a stronger national government

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anti-federalists

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those who were opposed to the Constitution

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(writ of) Habeas Corpus

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an order to produce an arrested person before a judge to be formally charged with a crime

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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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ex post facto laws

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a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed

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Declaration of Independence

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the document approved by the representatives of the American colonies in 1776 that stated their grievances against the British monarch and declared their independence

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content of the governed

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The idea that government derives its authority by sanction of the people

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limited government

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the idea that certain restrictions should be placed on government to protect the natural rights of citizens

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U.S. Constitution

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the document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that sets forth the institutional structure of the U.S. government and the tasks these institutions perform

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Article I

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Legislative Branch

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Article II

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Executive Branch

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Article III

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Judicial Branch

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Article IV

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Interstate relations

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Article V

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Amending the Constitution

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Article VI

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Assuming debt, national supremacy, oaths of officials

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Article VII

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Ratification process