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| 9941545 | Unalienable | a human right based on nature or God | |
| 9941546 | Articles of Confederation | a weak Constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary war | |
| 9941547 | Constitutional Convention | meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new Constitution | |
| 9941548 | Virginia Plan | proposal to create a strong national government | |
| 9941549 | New Jersey Plan | proposal to create a weak national government | |
| 9941550 | Great Connecticut Compromise | plan to have a popularly elected House based on State population and a state selected Senate, with two members for each State | |
| 9941551 | Republic | a government in which elected representatives make the decisions | |
| 9941552 | Judicial Review | the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional | |
| 9941553 | Federalism | government authority shared by National and State governments | |
| 9941554 | Separation of Powers | constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government | |
| 9941555 | Faction | a group with a distinct political interest | |
| 9941556 | Federalists | those who favor a stronger National government | |
| 9941557 | Anti-Federalists | those who favor a weaker National government | |
| 9941558 | Coalition | an alliance of factions | |
| 9941559 | Writ of Habeas Corpus | an order to produce an arrested person before a judge | |
| 9941560 | Bill of Attainder | a law that declares a person or group of people, without a trial, to be convicted of a crime | |
| 9941561 | Ex Post Facto Law | a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed | |
| 9941562 | 3/5ths Rule | in determining representation, each state was to have in the House, "three-fifths of all other persons" (slaves) are to be added to the "whole number of free persons". | |
| 9941563 | Line-item Veto | an executive's ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature |
