7310682496 | Unalienable | A human right based on nature or God | 0 | |
7310682497 | Articles of Confederation | A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War | ![]() | 1 |
7310682498 | Constitutional Convention | A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution | ![]() | 2 |
7310682499 | 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 | ![]() | 3 |
7310682500 | Virginia Plan | Proposal to create a strong national government | 4 | |
7310682501 | New Jersey Plan | Proposal to create a weak national government | 5 | |
7310682502 | Connecticut Compromise | Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state | 6 | |
7310682503 | republic | A government in which elected representatives make the decisions | 7 | |
7310682504 | judicial review | The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional | 8 | |
7310682505 | federalism | government authority shared by national and local governments | ![]() | 9 |
7310682506 | enumerated powers | powers given to the national government alone | 10 | |
7310682507 | reserved powers | powers given to the state government alone | 11 | |
7310682508 | concurrent powers | powers shared by the national and state governments | 12 | |
7310682509 | checks and balances | authority shared by three branches of government | 13 | |
7310682510 | separation of powers | constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government | ![]() | 14 |
7310682511 | faction | a group with a distinct political interest | 15 | |
7310682512 | federalists | those who favor a stronger national government | 16 | |
7310682513 | antifederalists | those who favor a weaker national government | 17 | |
7310682514 | coalition | an alliance of groups | ![]() | 18 |
7310682515 | Bill of Rights | first ten amendments to the constitution | 19 | |
7310682516 | habeas corpus | an order to produce an arrested person before a judge | ![]() | 20 |
7310682517 | bill of attainder | a law that declares a person, without a trail, to be guilty of a crime | ![]() | 21 |
7310682519 | amendments | a new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states | ![]() | 22 |
AP Government Chapter 2 Flashcards
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