American Government, 10th ed. Wilson/Dilulio
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| 920255075 | unalienable | a human right based on nature or God | 1 | |
| 920255076 | Articles of Confederation | A weak Constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War. | 2 | |
| 920255077 | Constitutional Convention | Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new Constitution | 3 | |
| 920255078 | Shay's Rebellion | A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes | 4 | |
| 920255079 | Virginia Plan | Proposal to create a strong national government | 5 | |
| 920255080 | New Jersey Plan | Proposal to create a weak national government | 6 | |
| 920255081 | Great Compromise | Plan to have a popularity elected House based on state population and a state selected Senate, with two members for each state | 7 | |
| 920255082 | Republic | A government in which elected representatives make the decisions | 8 | |
| 920255083 | Judicial Review | The power oft he courts to declare laws unconstitutional | 9 | |
| 920255084 | Federalism | Government authority shared by national and state governments | 10 | |
| 920255085 | Checks and Balances | Authority shared by three branches of government | 11 | |
| 920255086 | Enumerated Powers | Powers given to the national government alone | 12 | |
| 920255087 | Reserved Powers | Powers given to the state government alone | 13 | |
| 920255088 | Concurrent Powers | Powers shared by the national and state governments | 14 | |
| 920255089 | Separation of Powers | Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government | 15 | |
| 920255090 | Faction | A group of distinct political interest | 16 | |
| 920255091 | Federalists | Those who favor a stronger national government | 17 | |
| 920255092 | Anti-Federalists | Those who favor a weaker national government | 18 | |
| 920255093 | Coalition | An alliance of factions | 19 | |
| 920255094 | Habeus Corpus | An order to produce an arrested person before a judge | 20 | |
| 920255095 | Bill of Attainder | A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime | 21 | |
| 920255096 | Ex Post Facto Law | A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed | 22 | |
| 920255097 | Bill of Rights | First ten amendments to the Constitution | 23 | |
| 920255098 | Amendment | A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states | 24 | |
| 920255099 | Line-Item Veto | An executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature | 25 |
