Vocab Flashcards

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Limited government

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Idea that government may only use the powers given by people

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Popular sovereignty

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The belief that government is subject to the will of people

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Implied power

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Authority not specifically mentioned by the constitution

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Concurrent power

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Power shared by the states and government

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Judicial review

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Court can review actions of executive and legislative branches to determine if the Constuition is violated

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Cabinet

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Topic executive advisors to the president

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Judiciary act of 1789

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States keep own laws and courts but federal courts have power to reverse decisions

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Bonds

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Notes that promise money to get payed back

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Edmond Genet

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French citizen who tried to recruit Americans into French Navy

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Impressment

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Act of coercing someone into government service

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Pinckney’s Treaty

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Right to trade in New Orleans, Treaty with Spain

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Platform

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Declared party

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Caucuses

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Meeting of member of legislative body

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Alien

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Resident who is not a citizen

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Deport

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To send out of a country

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Sedition

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Conduct or speech indicting people to rebel

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James Madison

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Leading Democrat