Constitution

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Constitution

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a document that’s sets out the fundamental principals of governance + establishes the institutions of government

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Republic

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a government ruled by representatives of the people

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Articles of Confederation

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a governing document that created a union of 13 sovereign states in which the states, not the union were supreme

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Unicameral

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a one house legislative

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shay’s rebellion

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a popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts

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Constitutional convention

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a meeting atended by state delegates in 1787 to fix the articles of confederation

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Writ of Habeas corpus

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the right of people detained by the government to know the changes against them

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Bills of Attainder

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when the legislature declares someone guilty without trial

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Ex post facto

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a law pushing people for acts that were not crimes at the time they were committed

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Virgina plan

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a plan of government calling for a three branch government with bicameral legislature, where more populous states would have more representation in congress

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New Jersey plan

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a plan of government that provided for a unicameral legislature with equal votes for each state

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grand committee

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a committee at the constitutional convention that worked out the compromise on representation

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Great (Connecticut ) compromise

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an agreement of plan of government that drew upon both the Virgina and New Jersey plans; it settled issues of state representation by calling for bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives apportioned proportionately and a senate apportioned equally

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Bicameral

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a two house legislative

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three fifths compromise

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an agreement reached by the delegates at the constitutional convention that a slave would count as three firths of a person in calculating a states representation

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compromise on importation

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Congress could not restrict the slave trade until 1808

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separation of powers

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a design of government that distributes powers across institutions in order to avoid making one branch too powerful on its own

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checks and balances

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a design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy

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federalism

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the sharing of power between the national government and the states

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legislative branch

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the institution responsible for making laws

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expressed and Enumerated powers

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authority specifically granted to a branch of government in the constitution

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necessary and proper or elastic clause

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language in article l section 8, granting congress the powers necessary to carry out its enumerated powers

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implied powers

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authority of the federal government that goes beyond its expressed powers; power not granted specifically to the national government but considered nessary to carry out the enumerated powers

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executive branch

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the institution responsible for carrying out laws passed by the legislative branch

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judicial branch

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the institution responsible for hearing and deciding cases though federal courts

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supremacy clause

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constitutional provision decalring that the consitution and all national laws and treaties are the sunpreme law of the land

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amendment

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a constitutional provision for a process by which changes may be made to the constitution

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federalists

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supporters of the proposed constitution who called for a strong national government

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antifederalists

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a person opposing ratification of the proposed constitution

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federalist papers

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A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

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federalist 51

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an essay in which Madison argues that separation of powers and federalism will prevent tyranny

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fraction

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a group of self interested people

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federalist 10

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an essay in which Madison argues that the dangers of fraction can be mitigated by a large republic and republican government

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brutus 1

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antifederalist paper arguing that the country was too large to be governed as a republic and that the constitution gave too much power to the national government