World History Vocab
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| those persons who supported the ratificarion of the Constitution in 1787-1788 | Federalists
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| Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies | Albany Plan of Union
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| those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise | Concurrent Powers
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| recall | Repeal
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| Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty | Ratification
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| plan presented by delegates from Virginia at the Constitutional Convention; called for a three-branch government | Virginia Plan
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| Plan presented as an alternative to the Virginia Plan; called for a unicamiral legislature | New Jersey Plan
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| Least number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business | Quorum
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| System ofgovernment in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and are held accountable in periodic elections | Representative Govt
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| Basic principle of American government in which states that government is restricted in what it may do and each individual has rights that govt cannot take away | Limited Govt
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| a legislative body with one chamber | Unicameral
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| a legislative body with two chambers | Bicameral
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| the power to make a law and to frame public policies | Legislative Power
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| All of the goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved | Public Policy
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| a form of government that is diveide into a central government and several local governments | Federal Govt
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| power the constitution gives the national government because it is the governmetn of a sovereign state | Inherent powers
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| a pact made directly by the President with a foreign country | Executive Agreement
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| states that government and officials are subject to the law | Rule of Law
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| delegates who drafted the constitiution | Framers
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| power of court to derermine constituionality of governmetn actions | Judicial Review
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| system allowing branches of powers to check on each other | Checks and Balances
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| power given to the National Government by Constitution | Delegated Powers
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| legal process by which a fugitive is returned to the state of crime | Extradition
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| states that all citizens are entilted to certain rights regardless of the state they reside | Privileges and Immunities Clause
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| a change in or addition to a constitution or law | Amendments
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| grants of Federal money or other resources to states, cities, | Grants in Aid Program
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| group of persons chosen in each state and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President | Electoral College
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| a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite | Oligarchy
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| a joining of several groups for a common purpose | Confederation
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| the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies | Government
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| a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national governemnt and several regional governments | Federalism
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| a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority | Dictatorship
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| Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which the governmental powers are divided by a geographic basis( in the United States, between the National Government and the States) | Division of Powers
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| the delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the ecpressed powers set out in the Constitution | Implied Powers
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| Chief Executives power to reject a bill passed by the Legislature | Veto
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| introduction | Preamble
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| Numbered sections of a document | Articles
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| Having supreme power within its territory | Sovereign
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| form of Federal aid to states under which they give the state, city, and countries a share of tax revenue. No restrictions | Revenue Sharing
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