AP Gov chpt 2

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.