Study sets matching "literary terms chapter 2 american government politics"
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Representative Assembly
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Unicameral Legislature
a legislature composed of individuals who represent the popula…
Rights held to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on go…
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
A legislature with only one legislative chamber, as opposed to…
Representative Assembly
a legislature composed of individuals who represent the popula…
Natural Rights
Rights held to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on go…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Articles of Confederation
limited government
monarchy
republicanism
Sent to the states for ratification in 1777, these were the fi…
A political system in which the powers of the government are r…
A form of government in which power is held by a single person…
As understood by James Madison and the framers, the belief tha…
Articles of Confederation
Sent to the states for ratification in 1777, these were the fi…
limited government
A political system in which the powers of the government are r…
French and Indian War
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Britain was deeply in debt, having won the French and Indian W…
The Declaration of Independence is first and foremost a politi…
a framework that established the rules for the new government
the first constitution, created the kind of government that th…
French and Indian War
Britain was deeply in debt, having won the French and Indian W…
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is first and foremost a politi…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
political culture
American creed
equality
individualism
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
the value that all Americans should be treated the same under…
a belief that all individuals should be able to succeed to the…
political culture
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
American creed
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
political culture
American creed
equality
individualism
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
the value that all Americans should be treated the same under…
a belief that all individuals should be able to succeed to the…
political culture
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
American creed
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
Bicameral
Bill of Rights
Classical Republicanism
Compact
Having two legislative houses or chambers - like the House and…
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, listing the righ…
A democratic ideal, rooted in ancient Greece and Rome, that re…
A mutual agreement that provides for joint action to achieve d…
Bicameral
Having two legislative houses or chambers - like the House and…
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, listing the righ…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
NCAAP
Indentured Servants
Salutary Neglect
Compacts
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
A colonial American settler contracted to work for a fixed per…
The English policy ignoring colonies, it permitted the colonie…
A mutual agreement that provides for joint action to achieve d…
NCAAP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Indentured Servants
A colonial American settler contracted to work for a fixed per…
bicameral legislature
checks and balances
electoral college
federal system
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers; the US Co…
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
A group of people named by each state legislature to select th…
A system of government in which power is divided between a cen…
bicameral legislature
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers; the US Co…
checks and balances
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
The 1st Continental Congress? A meeting…
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
*Passed a resolution for colonies to send a petition to Great…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
bicameral legislature
checks and balances
confederation
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers. The U.S.…
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
A political system in which states or regional governments ret…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
bicameral legislature
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers. The U.S.…
Anti-Federalists
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral
Charter
Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution…
Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after t…
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two bra…
A city's basic law, its constitution; a written grant of autho…
Anti-Federalists
Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution…
Articles of Confederation
Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after t…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Amendability
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Articles of Confederation
The provision for the constitution to be changed, so as to ada…
Advocates of state's right who opposed the Constitution.
Advocates of state's rights who opposed the Constitution.
The first constitution of the United States (1777) creating an…
Amendability
The provision for the constitution to be changed, so as to ada…
Anti-Federalist
Advocates of state's right who opposed the Constitution.
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Bicameral Legislature
Checks and Balances
Confederation
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers. Examples…
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
A political system in which states or regional government reta…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Bicameral Legislature
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers. Examples…
Representative Assembly
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Unicameral Legislature
A legislature composed of individuals who represent the popula…
Rights to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on governm…
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
A legislature with only one legislative chamber, as opposed to…
Representative Assembly
A legislature composed of individuals who represent the popula…
Natural Rights
Rights to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on governm…
Words from the Preamble of the Constitu…
Amendments of the Constitution
Delegate
Representative assembly
We the people of the United States
They are very difficult to change because all the states have…
A person sent authorized to others in particular an elected re…
Colonists at Jamestown practice. It is a legislature composed…
Words from the Preamble of the Constitu…
We the people of the United States
Amendments of the Constitution
They are very difficult to change because all the states have…
3/5 Compromise
Anti-Federalist
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
A compromise between the North and the South in which, when co…
The Founders who opposed the adoption of the Constitution, usi…
The original government charter of the United States, created…
A governmental body with two houses or chambers. - Rio
3/5 Compromise
A compromise between the North and the South in which, when co…
Anti-Federalist
The Founders who opposed the adoption of the Constitution, usi…