AP Unit 1 Review Flashcards

13792702988	Shays' Rebellion	Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the Constitutional Convention went out.	0
13792719913	Constitutional Convention	The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.	1
13792729785	Virginia Plan	"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.	2
13792731965	New Jersey Plan	The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.	3
13792735223	Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)	Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house	4
13792746946	Enumerated Powers	Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.	5
13792750864	Reserved Powers	Powers given to the state government alone	6
13792754769	Habeas Corpus	An order to produce an arrested person before a judge.	7
13792762194	Ex Post Facto law	A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed	8
13792768313	Bill of Attainder	A law that declares a person or group of people, without a trial, to be guilty of a crime	9
13792778126	Legislative Branch	The branch of government that makes the laws (Congress)	10
13792780528	Executive Branch	The branch of government that carries out laws (President)	11
13792783958	Judicial Branch	The branch of government that interprets laws (Courts)	12