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Chapters 1 + 2 Flashcards

1
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A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War

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Articles of Confederation

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2
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A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

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Constitutional Convention

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3
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Proposal to create a strong national government

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Virginia Plan

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4
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Proposal to create a weak national government

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New Jersey Plan

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5
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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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Great Compromise

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6
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A government in which elected representatives make the decisions

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Republic

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7
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The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

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Judicial Review

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8
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Government authority shared by national and local governments

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Federalism

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9
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Powers given to the national government alone

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Enumerated Powers

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10
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Powers given to the state government alone

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Reserved Powers

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11
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Powers shared by the national and state governments

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Concurrent Powers

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12
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Authority shared by three branches of government

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Checks and Balances

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13
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Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government

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Separation of Powers

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14
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A group with distinct political interest

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Faction

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15
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Those who favor a stronger national government

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Federalists

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16
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Those who favor a weaker national government

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Antifederalists

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17
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A human right based on nature or God

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Unalienable

18
Q

An alliance of groups

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Coalition

19
Q

First ten amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

20
Q

An order to produce an arrested person before a judge

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Habeas Corpus

21
Q

A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime

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Bill of Attainder

22
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A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed

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Ex Post Facto Law

23
Q

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

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Amendments

24
Q

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

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Line-item Veto

25
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A conflict, real or apparent, between the interests, ideas, or beliefs of different citizens

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Issue

26
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The activity by which an issue is agitated or settled

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Politics

27
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The ability of one person to get another person to get in accordance with the first person’s intentions

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Power

28
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The right to use power

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Authority

29
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Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution

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Legitimacy

30
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The rule of the many

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Democracy

31
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A government in which all or most citizens participate directly

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Direct or Participatory Democracy

32
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A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote

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Representative Democracy

33
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View that the government is dominated by appointed officials

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Bureaucratic View

34
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View that the government is dominated by capitalists

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Class View

35
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The rule of many

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Democracy

36
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Person who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power.

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Elite

37
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The belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy

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Pluralist View

38
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View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside government

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Power Elite View

39
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A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states

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Amendment

40
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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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Shay’s Rebellion

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