Chapter 2 (The Constitution) Vocabulary
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lluu on November 10, 2008
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AP Us gov, AP U.S. Government and Politics
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 unalienable | A human right based on nature or God. |
| Articles of Confederation | A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War. |
| Constitutional Convention | Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution. |
| Shays's Rebellion | A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes. |
| Virginia Plan | Proposal to create a strong national government. |
| New Jersey Plan | Proposal to create a weak national government. |
| Great Compromise | Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state. |
| republic | A government in which elected representatives make the decisions. |
| judicial review | The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional. |
| federalism | Government authority shared by national and state governments. |
| checks and balances | Authority shared by three branches of government. |
| enumerated powers | Powers given to the national government alone. |
| reserved powers | Powers given to the state government alone. |
| concurrent powers | Powers shared by the national and state governments. |
| separation of powers | Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government. |
| faction | A group with a distinct political interest. |
| Federalists | Those who favor a stronger national government. |
| Antifederalists | Those who favor a weaker national government. |
| coalition | An alliance of factions. |
| habeas corpus | An order to produce an arrested person before a judge. |
| bill of attainder | A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime. |
| ex post facto law | A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed. |
| Bill of Rights | First ten amendments to the Constitution. |
| amendment | A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states. |
| line-item veto | An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature. |
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