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Chapter 2: The Constitution Flashcards

Study terms from 18th century American government

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Alexander Hamilton

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One of the founding fathers, Federalist

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Anti-Federalists

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Opposed Federalist Party

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Article I

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Establishes Legislative Branch

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Article II

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Establishes Executive Branch

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Article III

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Establishes Judicial Branch

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Article IV

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Full Faith and Credit Clause

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Article V

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Explains how to ratify the Constitution

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Article VI

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States that federal law is supreme

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Articles of Confederation

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First U.S. Constitution

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Benjamin Franklin

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Founding Father on the $100 bill

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Bill of Rights

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First ten amendments to U.S. Constitution

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Checks and Balances

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How the three branches of government have limited powers

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Common Sense

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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine with ideas that shaped the Articles of Confederation

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Constitution

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Fundamental principles or precedents established by the U.S. government

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Constitutional Convention

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Meetings in 1787 to discuss U.S. constitution

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Crispus Attucks

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An African-American man who is allegedly the first man killed in the American Revolution

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Critical Period

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Period between Revolutionary War and ratification of new U.S. Constitution

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Declaration of Independence

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Document claiming America as a free country from Great Britain

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Electoral College

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The U.S. voting system

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Enumerated Powers

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The powers of the federal Government

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Federalism

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The political belief that there should be a strong central government.

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Federalist

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Those who believe in the idea of Federalism

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Federalist Papers

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85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

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First Continental Congress

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Meeting of delegates fro 12/13 colonies

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French and Indian War

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British colonies vs. New France

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Full faith and credit clause

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Section of Article IV

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George Washington

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First U.S. President

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Great Compromise

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Called for proportional representation in the house of representatives

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Implied powers

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Powers of the Executive that aren’t listed, but still reserved.

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Inherent powers

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Reasonable powers not necessarily listed in the constitution

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James Madison

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Father of the Bill of Rights “Which I wrote!”

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John Jay

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Another writer of the Federalist papers

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Lexington and Concord

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First military engagement of Revolutionary war

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Mercantalism

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The belief in the benefits profitable trading

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Montesquieu

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French political philosopher

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Necessary and proper clause

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Section 8 of Article I: Legislation can make laws they deem “necessary and proper”

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New Jersey Plan

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A plan presented at the Constitutional Convention that called for two houses in Congress.

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New World

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Name used for the majority of the western hemisphere

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Political culture

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When history is rooted in political system as well as its members

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Samuel Adams

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One of the Founding Fathers, a prominent leader in the Revolution

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Second Continental Congress

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The second meeting of the delegates of the 13 colonies

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Separation of powers

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The belief that no one person should hold all executive power

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Shays’ Rebellion

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An armed uprising in Masachussets led by Daniel Shays

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Social contract theory

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The philosophy that concerns authority of state over the individual

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Sons and Daughters of Liberty

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A secret club formed in response to the Stamp Act

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Stamp Act Congress

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First gathering of select representatives from American colonies

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Supremacy clause

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Federal Law > State Law

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Thomas Jefferson

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Third president of the U.S. A democratic-republican

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Thomas Paine

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Author of Common Sense

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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The agreement that an African-American vote counted for 3/5 of a White vote

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Virginia Plan

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The idea of a strong central government with three branches.

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