Review Flashcards

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New Jersey Plan

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each state should have one vote, big state would not dominate (in favor of smaller states)

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Connecticut Compromise

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bicameral legislature. senate represents states equally; House of Representatives represents states based on population

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impeachment

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power granted by the Constitution; changes for removal of president or anyone high in office, it’s a process does not mean they are removed; Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson

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electoral college

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institution that really elects the president of the U.S. (not the pop) made up of reps in the states equal to their reps in congress ; majority wins pres

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judicial review

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courts have right to declare laws null or void; established by Marbury vs. Madison

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tariffs

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taxes imposed on imported goods;
tariff debate = acute = 1st half of 19th century
north favored tariff from England while the South hated it

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tariff of abominations

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(1832) tax imposed upon imported Britain goods and Britian retaliated by taxes on imported American goods mainly cotton.
SC threatened to secede

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Texas Constitution of 1876

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last constitution; establishment of plural executives and a weak governorship

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Governor Edmund J. Davis

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Pro-union Texas; elected –> defeated –> refused to leave office –> took keys with him; former Union general; tried to centralize power in his hands and we have weak governorship because of him (Const. 1876)

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Common Law

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predominant in Anglo American countries; law based upon President previous thing/acts provide President for current law; code laws= laws only

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Bicameral Legislature

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does not mean equally powerful; 2 house; House of Rep and House of Leg; Britain is not, U.S. yes

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Marbury vs. Madison 1803

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court case under of Chief Justice John Marshay; established principle of Judicial Review

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Gibbons vs. Ogden 1824

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who gets to regulate interstate commerce; Fed or states

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McCulloch vs. Maryland 1819

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whether or not state had the right to tax fed institution; court ruled in favor of Federal Government

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Block Grants

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can do whatever with it no restrictions

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Categorical Grants

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for this project for _____ time. grants or money provided by federal government to state and local

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Patriot act

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represents greater concentration of power of the executive including National security

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national security letters

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in many ways like a judicial warrant although not issued by a court