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AP Gov. - Chap. 2
A stack to practice the terms of Chapter 2.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Constitution | a document that sets out the fundamental principles of governance and establishes the institutions of government |
| Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (AOC) | A governing document that created a union of thirteen sovereign states in which the states not the national government, were supreme |
| Shay’s Rebellion | a popular uprising against the government of Massachusetts |
| Unicameral | one-house legislature |
| Republic | government ruled by representatives of the people |
| Constitutional Convention | a meeting attended by state delegates in 1787 to fix the Articles of Confederation |
| Treason | giving aid to the enemy of plotting to overthrow the government |
| Virginia Plan | a plan of gov calling for a three-branch gov with a bicameral legislature, more populous states would have more representation in Congress |
| New Jersey Plan | a plan of gov for a unicameral legislature with equal votes for each state |
| Grand Committee | a committee at the Costit. Conv. that worked out compromise on representation |
| Great (Connecticut) Compromise | utilized Virginia and Jersey plan; bicameral legislature with a proportional House of Rep. and an equal Senate |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | agreement reached that a slave would count as three-fifths of a person in calculating state representation |
| Compromise of Importation | Congress could not restrict slave trade until 1808 |
| Separation of powers | distributes powers across institutions in order to avoid making one branch too powerful on its own |
| Checks and Balances | each branch has the powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy |
| Federalism | sharing of power between the national government and the states |
| The Legislative Branch | institution responsible for making laws |
| Expressed or enumerated powers | authority specifically granted to a branch of the government in the Constitution |
| Write of habeas corpus | the right of people detained by the government to know the charges against them |
| Bills of attainder | when legislature declares someone guilty without a trial |
| Ex post facto laws | laws punishing people for acts that were not crimes at the time they were committed |
| Necessary and proper or elastic clause | granting Congress the powers necessary to carry out its enumerated powers (Article 1, Section 8) |
| Implied powers | authority of the federal government that goes beyond expressed powers |
| Executive Branch | institution responsible for carrying out laws passed by legislative branch |
| Judicial Branch | institution responsible for hearing and decide cases through the federal courts |
| Supremacy clause | constitutional provision declaring that the Constitution and all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land |
| Amendment | process by which changes may be made to the Constitution |
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