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form of government where most or all political power rests within small segment of society such as a family, by wealth, military, strength, ruthlesness, or political influence |
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| the question of how the benefits of self-government can be enjoyed without incurring its inherent problems |
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defensive alliance among sovereign equals |
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| Who wrote Thoughts on Government? |
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| Father of the Constitution |
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| Pennsylvania, authored parts of Constitution including Preamble |
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| helped get Const. ratified in SC |
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| Virginia, refused to sign Const. b/c there was no declaration of rights |
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| presented New Jersey Plan |
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| Presented Great Compromise |
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| Dividing powers between the national and state governments |
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auxiliary precautions What are they and where are they talked about? |
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structure in the government to make is more difficult for power to become concentrated in any one group's hands Federalist 51 |
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| came up with 3/5 compromise and was key in Pennsylvania's ratification of the Const. |
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| Constitution needed a __________ to be ratified |
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| supermajority (70%) of the vote. (9/13 states) |
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signed the Declaration of Independence Organized Boston Tea Party VERY opposed to strong fed. government and was an Anti-Federalist |
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| political group FOR the ratification of the Constitution |
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New York, Massachusettes, Pennsylvania, Virginia Constitution couldn't have been ratified without them |
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| Gov. of Virginia wouldn't sign Const. b/c no Bill of rights, but later had a change of heart and defended Madison and the Consitution at a rally or debate or something |
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| What are 3 narrow rights listed in the Const.? |
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| bear arms, quartering of soldiers, speedy trial |
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| what are the three oughts? |
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broadly worded things in Const.: conscience, expression, privacy |
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| 1798 laws passed to stifle French propagandists against neutrality of US in regard to French and British War |
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Gave Supreme Court original jurisdiction involving writs of mandamus |
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Election of 1800 involved who? |
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| John Adams (going out) Thomas Jefferson (coming in) John Marshall (Out going sec. of state and ingoing chief justice of the Supreme Court) |
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| What is a writ of mandamus? |
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| court document forcing action by a certain party |
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| power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of laws |
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| What is loyal opposition? |
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| losers in political race continue to support the system |
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Whose lame idea was it to have yeoman farmers? |
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| Who were the leaders of the Democratic-Republican party? |
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| Who were the leaders of the Federalist Party? |
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| Know how the House, President, Federal Judges, and Senators are elected |
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| House voted for directly by the people, President elected through electoral college voted for by the people, Federal judges appointed by President and approved by the Senate, Senate elected by state legislatures at first but 17th amendment (1913) says they're now elected directly by the people |
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When was the tie and who was the tie between that prompted the 12th Amendment? |
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| Adams and Jefferson, 1800, 12th Amendment- 1804 |
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| Large republic helps control the effects of |
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| Which document talks about factionalism in depth? |
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| What day was the Constitution ratified? |
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Confederate general and commander of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. Urged reconciliation with the North |
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| failed to press advantage at Battle of Antietam and was later relieved by Lincoln |
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| When was the bloody battle of Antietam? |
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| When was the Emancipation Proclamation given? |
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January 1, 1863 (After the battle of Antietam) |
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| Who was in the 1860 election? |
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| Douglas, Lincoln, Bell, Breckenridge |
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| abolitionist who tried to start a slave rebellion |
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| Which judge carried the most weight in the Dred Scott case? |
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Roger B. Taney (Who said the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional) |
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| What are the three things in The Big Picture? |
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Debts from the past are still valid no religious test necessary to hold office federal law/ Constitution are supreme law of the land |
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| The Big Picture is article |
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| What are the two ways that a bill can be proposed? |
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2/3 of both houses propose it 2/3 of state legislatures call for constitutional convention |
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