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GOVT Chapter 2
The Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims stated that laws in the new colony would be made for the general good of the people |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments |
| First Continental Congress | Delegates from twelve of thirteen colonies met in 1774 to protest the Coercive Acts |
| Second Continental Congress | Met in 1775 to assume the powers of a central government and to establish an army |
| unicameral legislature | Has only one chamber |
| confederation | A league of independent states that are united only to achieve specific common goals |
| Articles of Confederation | The first national constitution after the American Revolution. |
| Shays' Rebellion | Angry MA farmers responded to the rising/prevalent debt and depression in the country in 1786 |
| Constitutional Convention | Originally held for the purpose of amending the Articles of Confederation |
| Great Compromise | Plan for a bicameral legislature with one equal-representation chamber and one population-based representation chamber |
| Virginia Plan | Called for a) A bicameral legislature, with a lower house elected by the people and an upper house chosen by the lower house. Representation would be based on population. The legislature would create/elect the other two branches of govt. |
| New Jersey Plan | Each state would have only one vote. Congress would have authority to tax and control resources and to elect executive officers. |
| three-fifths compromise | Three-fifths of all slaves would be counted for representation in the House |
| interstate commerce | trade between states |
| Federalists | Supported the adoption of federal framework for government |
| Anti-Federalists | Opposed the Constitution as centralist; opposed it also on the grounds that it did not contain a Bill of Rights |
| faction | A group of persons forming a cohesive minority |
| tyranny | Arbitrary use of power by an oppressive person/organization |
| rule of law | Those who rule must act in accordance with the law |
| federal system | Provides for a division between powers of regional/state and national governments |
| commerce clause | Article 1, Section 8. Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce |
| Madisonian Model | Madison's model of government: powers divided into three branches |
| separation of powers | The principle of assigning different powers to each branch |
| checks and balances | Each of the three branches can check the actions of the others |
| veto power | The chief executive has the constitutional power to prevent or delay a bill from becoming law |
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