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| 223068729 | An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution | Written by Charles Beard, this was the first book to attack the constitution as a conspiracy of the founding fathers to profit economically from a larger national government | |
| 223068730 | Amendment | a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.) | |
| 223068731 | Anti-Federalism | those who opposed the new Constitution because of their fear of the new government's centralized power | |
| 223068732 | Articles of Confederation | agreement amongst 13 colonies to become the US | |
| 223068733 | Bicameral Legislature | two-house legislature | |
| 223068734 | Bill of Attainder | a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial | |
| 223068735 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution | |
| 223068736 | Checks and Balances | the system where each branch of government exercises some control over the others | |
| 223068737 | Coalition | the union of diverse things into one body or form or group | |
| 223068738 | Confederate system | A government in which independent countries join together with a common goal | |
| 223068739 | Constitutional Convention | meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution | |
| 223068740 | Electoral College | the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president | |
| 223068741 | Ex Post Facto Law | a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed | |
| 223068742 | Executive Agreement | a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state. | |
| 223068743 | Faction | a group or clique within a larger group, party, or government | |
| 223068744 | Federalism System | is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together | |
| 223068745 | Federlist Paper #10 | Advertisement for the constitution | |
| 223068746 | Great Compromise | plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states | |
| 223068747 | Habeas Corpus | a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge | |
| 223068748 | Judicial review | Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act | |
| 223068749 | Madisonian Model | structure of government proposed by James Madison in which the powers of the government are separated into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. | |
| 223068750 | Ratification | formal approval | |
| 223068751 | Republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
| 223073569 | Seperation of Powers | dividing the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches | |
| 223073570 | Shay's Rebellion | a 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes | |
| 223073571 | Unalienable | natural rights that belong to everyone and cannot be taken away | |
| 223073572 | Unitary System | a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government | |
| 223073573 | Unicameral legislature | one-house legislature | |
| 223073574 | Virginia Plan | a proposal by Virginia delegates, for a bicameral legislative branch. |
