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Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards

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Articles of confederation

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Weak constitution that governed u.s. During revolutionary war

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Unalienable

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A human right based on the nature of god

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Constitutional convention

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Meeting in Philly in 1787; produced new constitution

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Shays rebellion

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1787 rebellion in which ex revolutionary war soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest and taxes

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Virginia plan

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Proposal to create a strong national govt

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New Jersey plan

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Proposal to create a weak national govt

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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 govt in which elected representatives make the decisions

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Judicial review

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Power of courts to declare law unconstitutional

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Federalism

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Govt authority shared by national and local govts

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Enumerated powers

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Powers given to national govt

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Reserved powers

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Powers given to state govt

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Concurrent powers

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Powers shared by national and local govts

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Checks and balances

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Authority shared by 3 branches of govt

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Separation of powers

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Constitutional authority is shared by 3 different branches of govt

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Faction

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Group with a distinct political interest

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Federalists

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Those who favor a strong national govt

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Antifederalists

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Favor a weak national govt

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Bill of rights

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First ten amendments to constitution

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Habeas corpus

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An order to produce an arrested person before a judge

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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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New provision in the constitution that has been ratified by the states

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Line item veto

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

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Coalition

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An alliance of factions

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