Chapter 2- The Constitution Flashcards

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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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4
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Virginia Plan

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Proposal to create a strong national government

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5
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New Jersey Plan

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Proposal to create a weak national government

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Great Compromise

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Plan to have a popularly elected House based on State population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state

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Republic

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A government in which elected representatives make the decisions

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Judicial review

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The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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Federalism

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Government authority shared by national and local governments

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Enumerated powers

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Powers given to the national government alone

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Reserved powers

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Powers given to the state government alone

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12
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Concurrent powers

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Powers shared by the national and state governments

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Checks and balances

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Authority shared by three branches of government

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14
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Separation of powers

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Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government

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15
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Faction

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A group with a distinct political interest

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Federalists

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Those who favor a stronger national government

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Antifederalists

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Those who favor a weaker national government

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Coalition

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An alliance of groups

19
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Bill of rights

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First ten amendments to the constitution

20
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Habeas corpus

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An order to produce an arrested person before a judge

21
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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 law

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

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Amendments

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A new provision in the constitution that has been ratified by the states

24
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Line-item ratio

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An executives ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature

25
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Unalienable

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A human right based on nature or God