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American Government-Chapter 2-The Constitution and Its Origins

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the right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take away
a form of government in which power is divided between state governments and a national government
the powers given explicitly to the federal government by the Constitution (Article I, Section 8); power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, raise and support armies, declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs
a legislature with only one house, like the Confederation Congress or the legislature proposed by the New Jersey Plan
a compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that created a two-house Congress; representation based on population in the House of Representatives and equal representation of states in the Senate
the statement in Article VI of the Constitution that federal law is superior to laws passed by state legislatures
the first basis for the new nation’s government; adopted in 1781; created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central government
a legislature with two houses, such as the U.S. Congress
a form of government in which political power rests in the hands of the people, not a monarch, and is exercised by elected representatives
the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution; most were designed to protect fundamental rights and liberties
the sharing of powers among three separate branches of government
any powers not prohibited by the Constitution or delegated to the national government; powers reserved to the states and denied to the federal government
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a compromise between northern and southern states that called for counting of all a state’s free population and 60 percent of its enslaved population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress
those who supported ratification of the Constitution
those who did not support ratification of the Constitution
a plan for a two-house legislature; representatives would be elected to the lower house based on each state’s population; representatives for the upper house would be chosen by the lower house
a highly decentralized form of government; sovereign states form a union for purposes such as mutual defense
the power of the president to reject a law proposed by Congress