AP Government Chapter 2 Flashcards
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| 6264091604 | Unalienable | A human right based on nature or God |  | 0 |
| 6264091605 | Articles of Confederation | A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War | 1 | |
| 6264091606 | Constitutional Convention | A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution |  | 2 |
| 6264091607 | Shays' 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 |
| 6264091608 | Virginia Plan | Proposal to create a strong national government: 3 branches, 2 house legislature, executive chosen by the national legislature. | 4 | |
| 6264091609 | New Jersey Plan | Proposal to create a weak national government: Each state got equal representation in Congress | 5 | |
| 6264091610 | Great Compromise | Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state |  | 6 |
| 6264091611 | Republic | A government in which elected representatives ake the decisions | 7 | |
| 6264091612 | Judicial Review | The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional |  | 8 |
| 6264091613 | Federalism | Government authority shared by national and local governments | 9 | |
| 6264091614 | Enumerated Powers | Powers given to the national government alone | 10 | |
| 6264091615 | Reserved Powers | Powers given to the state governments | 11 | |
| 6264091616 | Concurrent Powers | Powers shared by the national and state governments | 12 | |
| 6264091617 | Checks and Balances | Authority shared by three branches of government |  | 13 |
| 6264091618 | Separation of Powers | Constitutional authority is shared by three different branches of government |  | 14 |
| 6264091619 | Faction | A group with a distinct political interest |  | 15 |
| 6264091620 | Federalists | Those who favor a stronger national government | 16 | |
| 6264091621 | Antifederalists | Those who favor a weaker national government |  | 17 |
| 6264091622 | Coalition | An alliance of factions |  | 18 |
| 6264091623 | Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments to the Constitution | 19 | |
| 6264091624 | Habeas Corpus | An order to produce an arrested person before a judge | 20 | |
| 6264091625 | Bill of Attainder | A law that declares a person, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime |  | 21 |
| 6264091626 | Ex Post Facto Law | A law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed | 22 | |
| 6264091627 | Amendment | A new provision in the Constitution that has been ratified by the states | 23 | |
| 6264091628 | Line-item veto | An executives ability to block a particular provision in a bill passed by the legislature |  | 24 |