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- concurrent powers
- Powers shared by both the state and national governments. Ex: taxes
- reserved powers
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Reserved powers are made by the states.
All powers not delegated to the national government of specially denied to the states are reserved - separation of powers
- Separation of powers guarantee that no branch of government will be too powerful.
- delegated powers
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Delegated powers are delegated by the states to the national government.
The nationals governments powers are limited to those delegated, or given, to it in the constitution - Legislative Branch
- makes laws
- preamble
- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish, justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.
- checks and balances
- Checks and balances is the way that the government branches equalize so no one branch is too powerful.
- article one
- legislative branch
- article two
- executive branch
- article three
- judicial branch
- article four
- relations among states
- article five
- amending the constitution
- article six
- role of national government
- article seven
- ratification of the Constitution
- powers delegated to the federal government
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-Declare war
-Maintain armed forces
-Regulate interstate and foreign trade
-Admit new states
-Establish post offices
-Set standard weights and measures
-Coin money
-Establish foreign policy
-Make all law necessary and proper for carrying out delegated powers - list concurrent powers
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-Maintain law and order
-Levy taxes
-Borrow money
-Charter banks
-Establish courts
-Provide for public welfare - list reserved powers
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-Establish and maintain schools
-Establish local governments
-Conduct corporate laws
-Regulate business with the state
-Make marriage laws
-Provide for public safety
-Assume other powers not delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states - 1st amendment
- Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble, right to petition
- 2nd amendment
- right to bear arms
- 4th amendment
- search and seizure
- 8th amendment
- cruel and unusual punishment
- 3rd amendment
- no soldier in a time of peace can be quartered in and house withought the consent of the owner
- 5th amendment
- rights of accused persons
- 6th amendment
- right to a speedy trial
- 7th amendment
- right to a trial by a jury
- 9th amendment
- rights of the people
- 10th amendment
- rights of the states
- Double Jeopardy
- guarentees a person can not be tried twice for the same offence
- probable cause
- evidence strong enough to establish presumption but not proof that an illegal activity took place
- ex facto law
- law that sets a penalty for an act that was legal at the time of the crime
- writ of habeas corpus
- orders an officer of the court to bring a prizoner and say why they're held
- The Albany Plan Of Union
- The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal made to unite the colonies permanently.
- weakness of the articles
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-presidency was a powerless office
-congress lacked the power to tax. Country goes into debt after American revolution
-congress could not declare war or make treaties without the approval of nine states
-states printed own money
-states also established their own interstate commerce of business and trade between states - federalism
- Federalism is the system of dividing power between the state and national governments. The power was divided to ensure the states and their citizens an opportunity to make changes to the constitution
- executive branch
- enforces the laws
- judicial branch
- interprets the law and settles conflicts over them-decides whether a cast is constitutional or unconstitutional