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APS Unit 2 Vocab
Unit 2 Vocab Ms Doman
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History
10th Grade
02/10/2008

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Declaration of independence

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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the document that proclaimed that proclaimed the right of the colonies to speerate from Great Britain. Written in 1776 and based on ideas of philosopher Locke; basically a list of reasons
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Social Contract Theory

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the beilief that the people agree yo set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against those purposes
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Republic
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A government without a monarch, rooted in consent of the governed, whose power is exercised by elected representatives responsible to the governed
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Confederation
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a looses association of independent states that agree to cooperate on specific matters
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Articles of Confederation
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the compact among the thirteen original states that established the first gvmn't on the U.S.
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Virginia Plan
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a set of proposals for a new gvmn't, submitted to the Constitutional convention of 1787; included seperation of gvmn't into 3 branches, division of legislature into 2 houses, and proportional representation in legislature
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Legislative Branch
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the lawmaking branch of gvmn't
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Executive Branch
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the law-enofrcing branch of gvmn't
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Judicial Branch
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the law-interpreting ranch of gvmn't
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New Jersey Plan
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a set og 9 resolutions that would have, in effect, preserved the articles of Confederation by ammending rather than replacing them
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GReat Compromise
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a plan calling for a bicameral legislature in which the house of Representatives would be appointed according to population and the states would be represented equally in the Senate
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Electoral college
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a body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for president and vice president
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Republicanism
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a form of government in which power resides in the people and is exercised by their elected representative
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Federalism
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the division of pwer between central government and regional government
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Seperation of Powers
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the assignment of lawmaking, law enforcing, and law enterprising functions to seperate branches of gevernment
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Checks and Balances
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a governmnent structure that gives each branch some scruitiny of and control over the other branches
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Enumerated pwers
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the pwers explicity granted to congress by the constitution
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Necessary & Proper Clause
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gives Congress the means to execute its enumerated powers; elastic clause
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implied powers
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`powers that congress needs to execute its enumerated powers
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Judicial Review
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power to declare congressional (and presidental) acts invalid because they donot agree with the constitution
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Supremacy Clause
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asserts that national laws take prececence over state and local laws when they conflict
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Bill of Rights
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` firt ten ammendments to the constitution
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