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what is republicanism

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a form of government where power resides with the people and is exercised by election representatives

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how does the constitution assign the powers of government at the state and federal levels

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it lists powers given to the national government and denied to the states and all other powers remain with other states

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what is separation of powers

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they assign law making, law enforcement, and law interpretation to separate the branches of government

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what is checks and balances

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a government structure that give each branch scrutiny over other branches

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what is the necessary and proper clause

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it gives congress the means to execute its powers.

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where is the necessary and proper clause written in the constitution

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article 1 section 8

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what is another name for the necessary and proper clause

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elastic clause

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which clause speaks to when state laws conflict with national laws

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Article 1

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what were the supporters of the constitution called and why did they support the constitution

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federalists because they were concerned that the articles were too weak after shays rebellion

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what were the opponents of the constitution and why did the oppose

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anti-federalists because they were worried that the new national government was too strong

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what was one of the main reasons some states hesitated to support the constitution?

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there was no Bill of Rights, so states made up their own rights

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what was the argument against the hesitation to support the constitution by federalists

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they were concerned that they might have missed a few things that were on the bill of rights

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Who were the writers of the federalist papers

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James Madison, Hamilton and John jay

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how many federalist papers were there and what were their intention

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is it 85 Federalist papers they push to get the constitution ratified

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which state was the first to ratify the constitution?

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delaware

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when was the constitution written

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1787

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when did the constitution take effect

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1788

18
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what happens if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes

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the house of representatives will then decide the president

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what was the original plan for how the president and vice president would be selected?

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The person with the most voters would be president, and then the person with the second most voters would be vice president

20
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what is the impeachment process

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the majority vote by the house, then to get removal you would need 2/3 votes of the senete

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what is the purpose of the preamble

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to introduce the constitution and gives reasons and goals of the construction

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what were the four parts of the constitution

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the preamble, articled, amendments, and bill of rights

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what is federalism

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the division of power between a central government and state government

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what duties of the president are written in the constitution

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commander (in chief of armed forces)
appoints cabinet (gov. officers, diplomats, and judges
makes treaties

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how long is the term of federal judges

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lifetime

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how many total amendments are in the constitution

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27

27
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how many amendments were added after the bill of rights

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17

28
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how many states are needed to ratify the constitution in order for it to take effect and which article does it state that

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9 states, article 7

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what do the first three articles represent

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article 1- legislation (congress)
article 2- executive (president
article 3- judicial (supreme court and fedral judges

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article 4

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allows addition of new states, protects states from violence, states that you are not allowed to discriminate citizens from other states

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article 5

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amendment process. needs 2/3 of house and senate in order to propose. needs 3/4 of legislators to prove

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article 6

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the supremacy clause. national government takes on any debt. if you hold an army office you need to take an oath. No religious requirement

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fedrilist 10

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explains how factions can be limited and to argue that the proposed government is not likely to be opposed by one. to abolish factions you would have to abolish liberty

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fedrilsit 51

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written by james madison. to explain that checks and balances and esperanto on lf power would prevent tyranny. government is divided to guard one branch against an injustice of another

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brutus 1

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argued that the size of the u.s was to large for a strong and efficient government

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