Review Extra Credit Flashcards

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Popular sovereignty

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The people have the most authority in government

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Federalists

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A supporter of federal government; a supporter of the US constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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A group of diverse that formed to oppose the Passage of the new constitution

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Commerce clause

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Refers to article 1, and section 8 of the US constitution, which gives congress to commerce to assist foreign nations

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Supremacy Clause

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The clause in the US, stating that all laws made the constitution under the authority of the US

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Marbury v Madison

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A case decided by the Supreme Court that declared that a certain law should not be enforced

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The federalist papers

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A series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in the late 1780s to persuade the voters of New York to adopt the constitution

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