What I need to know for my Constitutions Test
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| natural rights | life, liberty, and property
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| preamble | introductory sentence to the constitution
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| popular soverignty | people limit the government
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| federalism | divide between federal and state
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| limited government | government has restrictions
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| separation of powers | 3 branches
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| checks and balances | each branch can check eachother
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| individual rights | people have rights that can't be taken away
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| powers of article I | congress can make laws and taxes and declare war
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| prohibitions of article I | write of habeas corpus, bill of attainder, ex post facto
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| two houses of congress | senate, house of representatives
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| qualifications of president | 35, natural born
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| qualifications of senate | 30, 9 year citizenship
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| qualifications of house of representatives | 25, 7 year citizenship
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| qualifications of supreme court | none
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| article I | legislative
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| article II | executive
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| article III | judicial
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| article IV | states respect laws of other states
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| article V | Constitution can be changed
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| article VI | "supreme law of the land"
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| article VII | ratification
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| powers of the president | treaties, appoint ambassadors and officers
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| what is the cabinet | group to give advice to president
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| first 3 successors of president | VP, speaker of house senate president protempor
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| john locke ideals | people are good
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| thomas hobbes ideals | people are evil
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| james maddison | father of the constitution
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| baron charles de montesquieu | 3 branches
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| gouverneur morris | wrote the constitution
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| anarchy | lack of government
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| aristocracy | government of the best
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| monarchy | government of one
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| deomcracy | government of the people
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| theocracy | religion based government
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| bill | draft of a law idea
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| law | a rule with penalties when broken
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| veto | to say no
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| override | reject or cancel 2/3
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| amend | modify formally
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| writ of habeas corpus | must appear in court when charged with a crime
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| bill of attainder | cannot pass law against group of people
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| ex post facto law | law that makes an action legal when it occurred illegal
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| "supreme law of the land" | constitution is the highest law in the US
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| article | parts of the constitution
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| majority | More than half
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| Constitution | Plan of government
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