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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Essay two

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Federalism: division of power between national, state, and local
Ex: taxation. Pay federal income tax
Ex: robbing a bank local police then state police but really federal police run it

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Essay three

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Step one: Amendment is proposed 2/3 vote in both houses
Or
National convention 2/3 of state legislatures
To
Step Two: Amendment is ratified 3/4 of state legislature
Or
Conventions held by 3/4 of the states

Supreme Court seems if the amendments are Constitutional

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Essay four

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A tyrant government is a totalitarian government where one person has complete control over all.
The Framers guarded against this by divining the power, separation of power
Checks and balances

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Essay five

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Used broad language so we can shape to societies needs

Local and present day needs

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Amend

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To change or add

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Veto

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To reject or prevent a bill from becoming a law

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Separation of power

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Division of power between the branches

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Federalism

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Division of power between federal, state, and local government

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James Madison

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Father of the Constitution

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Three branches

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Legislative: makes laws
Excitative: enforces laws
Judicial: determined if laws are Constitutional

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Fifth Amendment

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You don’t have to self criminate yourself
You don’t have to confess
Plead the 5th

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Eighth amendment

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Cruel and unusual punishment

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Fifteen Amendment

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Right for slaves to vote

1870

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Popular sovereignty

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Self govern

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Impeach

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Act of accusing or formally charging with misconduct

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Joint resolution

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Act proposed by both houses used to propose constitutional amendments

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Invalid

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Not valid

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Outmoded

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Outdated

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Civil

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Relating to ordinary community life opposed to criminal proceeding

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George Washington

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Head of executive departments

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Due process

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Legal proceedings carried out according to established rules

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Concurrent Powers

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Shared power by state and federal

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Electoral college

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Process for electing a president

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Fourth Amendment

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Illegal search and seizure

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The Louisiana Purchase

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Thomas Jefferson faced the dilemma cause the Constitution did not say whether the government could buy land from a foreign country

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Tyranny

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Governments in which a single person has complete power

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Elastic Clause

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Stretches an expressed power to an implied lower

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Override

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Reject or cancel

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Essay one

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Because it stretches the expressed power to include implied powers
Coining money for $1, $5, $10, $20

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