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AP Gov Unit 1

TermDefinition
amendment process Proposed by a 2/3rds vote of both Houses of Congress or 2/3rds of the States request through a convention. Must be ratified by 3/4ths of the State legislatures or 3/4ths of state conventions
Articles of Confederation OG frame of government that created a loose confederation of sovereign states and weak central government
bicameralism
Bill of Rights
block grants
Brutus I
categorical grants
census
checks and balances
commerce clause
concurrent powers
confederal systems
constitutional compromises
constitutional convention
constitutional democracy
constitution
cooperative federalism
Declaration of Independence
democracy
devolution
dual federalism
elastic clause
elitist democracy
enumerated powers
factions
federalism
Federalist 10
Federalist 51
Federalist Papers
fiscal federalism
implied powers
inalienable rights
individual rights
majority rights
Marshall Court
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
minority rights
natural rights
necessary and proper clause
New Jersey Plan
participatory democracy
phases of federalism
pluralist democracy
popular sovereignty
privileges and immunities clause
ratification of the Constitution
republicanism
reserved powers
role of government
separation of powers
Shay's Rebellion
social contract
supremacy clause
10th Amendment
unfunded mandates
unitary system
United States Constitution
United States v. Lopez (1995)
Virginia Plan
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