US HISTORY
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| FEDERALISM | The federal principle or system of government
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| ANTI-FEDERALISTS | A person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
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| SEPARATION OF POWERS | A fundamental principle of the United States government, whereby powers and responsibilities are divided among the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch.
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| POPULAR SOVERIEGNTY | The principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
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| CHECKS AND BALANCES | Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
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| REPUBLICANISM | Support for a republican system of government.
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| ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
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| 1ST AMENDMENT | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof:abridging the freedom of speech, of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government.
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| 2ND AMENDMENT | A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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| 4TH AMENDMENT | The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue.
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| 5TH AMENDMENT | No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.
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| 6TH AMENDMENT | In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.
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| 7TH AMENDMENT | In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury.
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| 8TH AMENDMENT | Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted
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| 10TH AMENDMENT | The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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| ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE | He was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian.
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