Lesson 12 Flashcards

1
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Ex post facto

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Changes the legality of an act after it has occurred

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2
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Secede

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Withdraw

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3
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Supremacy clause

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Article 6 section 2

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4
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Tariffs

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Taxes on imports of manufactured goods

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5
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Delegates included phrases in the constitution that

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Set forth powers of the national government

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6
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Article I section 4: grants state legislatures power to decide

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Details of elections for senators and reps but also grants congress power to make or change those regulations

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7
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Article I section 8: gives congress power to set

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Procedure for calling the militia into national service

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8
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Article IV, section. 3: gives congress power to

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Create new states

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9
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Article IV, section 4: gives national gov power to guarantee each state a

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“Republican form of government”

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10
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Article IV, section 4: requires national government to protect states from

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Invasion or violence

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11
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Article vi, section 2: supremacy clause, makes constitution and all laws and treaties approved by congress the

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Supreme law of the land. States that judges in state courts must follow the constitution or federal laws and treaties

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12
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(Provisions to protect rights)national gov may not suspend the

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Writ of habeas corpus unless public safety at require if

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13
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(Main parts of electoral college) national government may not pass

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Ex post facto and bills of attainder

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14
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(Main parts of electoral college) national gov may not suspend the right to

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Trial by jury

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15
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(Main parts of electoral college) protection from the accusation of

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Treason which can only be changed by a constitutional convention

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16
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Bill of attainder: punishment ordered by a legislature rather than by a court which declares

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A person guilty of a crime and decrees a punishment without a judicial trial

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17
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(Provisions to protect political independence) members of congress cannot be arrested unless they commit

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“Treason, felony, and beech of peace”

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18
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(Provisions to protect political independence) congress cannot impose

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Religious test on people who hold national office

19
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(Provisions to protect political independence) if member of executive or judicial are accused of misconduct

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Impeachment clauses protect their right to fair trial

20
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(Provisions to protect political independence) national gov cannot take money from treasury without

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Appropriations

21
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(Provisions to protect political independence) national gov cannot grant

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Titles of nobility

22
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States prohibited from:

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Coining own money
Passing laws that violate contracts
Ex post fact/ bills of attainder
Entering foreign treaties/ declaring war
Granting titles of nobility
Levying taxes on imports: exports except as necessary
Keeping troops/ ships in times of peace
Discriminating against another states citizens
Refusing to return fugitives from justice to states from which they left

23
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Most delegates opposed

24
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Words slave and slavery never

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Appear in the constitution

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Slaveholder a considers slaves to be
Personal property
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Most delegates argued that slavery was a
State institution like other issues related to property rights
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Some states suggested that if the constitution interfered with slavery they would
Not become part of he new nation
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Fugitive slave cause: shows how delegates attempted to
Balance views regarding slavery | States that if a slave escapes to another stage thy must be returned to owner
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Constitution was not to make slavery
Legal on a national level
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Southerners wanted a 2/3 vote of
Both houses to pass committees
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Southern delegates feared that northern congressmen would
Seek tariffs
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Constitution provided that national government would not interfere with
Importation of slaves earlier than 1808
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Slavery was the only issue that was
Not directly addressed
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Constitution said nothing about
National citizenship
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Question of citizenship left to each state due to fact that
Delegates couldn't agree
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Constitution said little about
Voting rights
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Each state had its own voting laws that defined
Property qualifications
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Constitution prescribes voting rights only once stating that anyone with the right to vote for
"The most numerous branch in the state legislature" can also vote in elections for the house
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Argument that voting for the house should be
Restricted to landowners
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Americans were unlikely to ratify the constitution if it
Repealed their voting rights
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Constitution barely suggests
Boundaries between national and state power
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Issue of a states right to secede from the U.S. Once they ratified the constitution was not
Addressed within the constitution
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States argued that they possessed the right to
Secede if the gov enacted measures that were intolerable
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A civil war would
Resolve this question