Unit 2 Vocabulary

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  1. 5. powers of U.S. government which have not been explicitly granted by the Constitution but that is implied by the necessary and proper clause to be delegated for the purpose of carrying out the enumerated powers
  2. 7. Congress may exercise the powers that the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights
  3. 10. our government is not that powerful, and no one is above the law
  4. 12. plan called for a government with 3 branches and a bicameral legislature with an equal representation in Senate and population based House of Representatives
  5. 13. each branch can limit the power of another and this prevents the majority from having too much power
  6. 16. allowed slaves to be counted 3/5 of a free white person when population of a given state was counted for representation purposes
  7. 18. a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president
  8. 19. means that any right not forbidden in the Constitution is granted to U.S. citizens.
  9. 20. people that wanted a small central government
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  1. 1. defined as powers assigned to the states and the people
  2. 2. these amendments guarantee a list of rights to citizens
  3. 3. plan consisted of a national government of three branches and a unicameral legislature with each state having only one vote, with state maintaining the sole power of taxation
  4. 4. US first form of government, that created a central government with very little power
  5. 6. a political power exercised independently in the same field of legislation by both federal and state governments
  6. 8. the constitution divides our government into three branches, to avoid tyranny
  7. 9. each branch can limit the power of another and this prevents the majority from having too much power
  8. 11. means that the Constitution must explicitly grant a power or privilege in order for the action to be legal
  9. 14. people that wanted a strong central government
  10. 15. An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system
  11. 17. plan consisted of a strong national government with 3 branches and a bicameral legislature with a Senate and a House of Representatives whose representation would be based on state’s population