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| the people who opposed ratifying the Constitution |
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laws declaring people guilty of crimes with out trial |
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a procedure - The group of presidential electors who cast the official votes for president and vice president after a presidential election. Each state has a number of electors equal to its memers in the senate and House of Representatives. |
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| Idea - each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress. The number of representatives in the Senate is based on equal representation. |
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people who supported ratifying the constitution |
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| The Constitution authorizes Congress to provide for the common defense of the country and for the common good(general welfare). |
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| Necessary and Proper Clause |
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| Gives Congress the power to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers specifically delegated to it by the Constitution. Also called the 'Elastic Clause' |
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| Accuse and Try a government official. |
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The clause provides that each slae should becounted as three-fifths of a person in determining the number of representatives a state might send to the House of Representatives. It also determines the amount of direct taxes Congress may levy on a state. ~later eliminated by the 14th Amendment[to the Constitution] |
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| Tax on imported or exported goods or a list or system that describes such taxes. |
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Betreyal of one's country, especially by giving aid to an nemy in wartime or by plotting to overthrow the government. ~Treason is carefully defined in the Constitution to ensure that government can not abuse its powers against dissenters. |
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| Laws made after the fact that make a prior legal act illegal. |
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Slaves who escaped must be returned to their owners. ~later abolished by the 13th Amendment[of the Constitution] |
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| Great Compromise / Connecticut Compromise |
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| A plan accepted at the Philadelphia Convention that called for Congress to have two houses. In the Senate representation of the states would be equal, with each state having two senators. The House of Representatives would use proportional representation of the states, and therefore the number of representatives from each state would be determined by its population. |
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| The power/authority to hear cases and make decisions. |
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| The plan presented at the Philadelphia Convention that called for a one-house national legislature with each state having equal representation. Proposing 3 branches of government. The New Jersey Plan followed the framework of the Articles of Confederation and favored a weak national government. |
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| The plan presented at the Philadelphia Convention that provided for a national government composed of three brenches. It proposed a Congress of two houses, both of which would be based on proportional representation. The Virginia Plan favored a strong national government superior to state. |
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| They must explain why you're arrested and charge you. |
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Proportional Representation |
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| The electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people who live in that sate. Proportional representation is used to determine the number of each state's representatives serving in the House. |
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| The delegates that framed, or shaped, and wrote the Constitution. |
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| An important meeting called by Congress in 1787. |
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| The law or action is not permitted by the constitution. |
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| The president has the power to nominate people for important jobs in government with the advice and consent of the senate. |
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| The term used for the senate approving an appointment by the president. |
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| A case tried in a lower court first. |
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| A case is tried in the U.S. Supreme court. (A lower court does not try the case first.) |
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