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1
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Amendment process

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Proposed- 2/3 vote of each house or national convention requested by 2/3 of states

Ratified- legislatures in 3/4 of states or each state calls ratifying convention

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Issue w amendment process

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Process is too long

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Deifferences between articles of confederation and the constitution

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Articles made states supreme

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Type of government under articles of confederation

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Confederacy

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Bicameralism

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Having a legislative branch with two chambers or houses under it

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Government the framers of the constitution wanted

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Representative republic

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Checks and balances

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Each branch makes sure the other branch doesn’t have too much power

Veto and unconstitutional

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Federalism

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Power is divided between national government and state government

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Importance of necessary and proper clause

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Affords congress certain powers under the constitution

Establish certain financial procedures

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Elastic clause

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Grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

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Basic principles of democracy

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Worth and dignity of the individual
The need for political equality
The guarantee of individual freedoms

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Social contract theory

Locke

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Democracy
Naturally given rights to life liberty and property
Preserve rights people gave power to gov

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Supremacy clause

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The constitution and the federal laws and treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land

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1st amendment

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Freedom of speech
 freedom of religion 
Freedom of press 
freedom of assembly
Petition the government
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3rd amendment

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No quartering of troops in private homes

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4th amendment

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Search warrants are needed to search house and person

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5th amendment

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Grand jury 
double jeopardy 
self incrimination 
eminent domain 
nor be deprived of life liberty or property without due process of law
18
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Capitalism

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Provides free toys and individual incentive for workers investors consumers and business enterprises

Leaves poor behind

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Socialism

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Government owns basic means of production, determines use of resources, distributes products/wages and provides social services

Decrease of economic freedom and can’t pay when run out of money

20
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Communism

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Central government directs all major economic decisions

No economic freedom and no incentive to work

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