American Consitution
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- This group was opposed to a strong central government; they saw undemocratic tendencies in the Constitution and insisted on the inclusion of the Bill of Rights
- Antifederalists
- This is the system embdied in the Constitution through which the power of each branch of goernment is limited by the other.
- checks and balances
- This states that the Constitution laws passed by Congress, and treaties entered into by the U.S. are superior to state laws.
- The Supremacy Clause
- This Amendment to the Constiution allows for freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly.
- 1st Amendment
- This view states that the Constitution is bradly interpreted, recognizing that it could not possible anticipate all future developments.
- Loose Constructionist
- This is the structure of the government provided for in the Constitution where authority is divided between the execuative, legaslative, and judicial branches.
- Separation of Powers
- Ratified in 1781, this was the U.S.'s first constitution, providing a framework for national government.
- The Articles of Confederation
- This is the collective name for four laws passed in 1798 designed to supress criticism of the federal government and to curb liberties of foreigners living in the U.S.
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- These were penned to mobilize opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts, which these argued were unconstitutional.
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- These were the group of leaders who favored replacing the Articles of Confederation with a stronger national government.
- nationalists
- An uncompromising belief in these, the fundemental rights over whih the government could exercise no control, energized the popular demand for a formal bill of rights in 1791.
- Natural Rights
- The New Jersey Plan called for what?
- called for a strong national government withone house of Congress in which all states would have equal representation.
- This event became the first real test of the federal governments prerogatives and law enforcement power, including the president's right to command the use of state militias.
- The Whiskey Rebellion
- This treaty was negotiated in 1794 to resolve the outstanding differences between the United States and Great Britain. The agreement was intended both to settle long-standing differences between the U.S. and Great Britain and to secure American neutralit
- Jay's Treaty
- A diplomatic incident in which American peace commissioners sent to France in 1797 were insulted with bribe demands from their French counterparts
- XYZ Affair
- This, the arbitrary seizure by a government or its agents of individuals or goods for public service. Until it was abandoned by democratic countries during the 19th century, the practice was condoned as a way of handling petty criminals, vagrants, and ot
- Impressment
- This treaty secured the following two provisions:Spain recognized U.S. borders at the Mississippi and the 31st parallel (the northern border of Florida, a Spanish possession)and Spain granted Americans the right to deposit goods for transshipment at New
- Pinckney's Treaty
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The 1789 law that created the Judicial Branch of the federal government. Among the things provided for in the Act:
- the number of members of the Supreme Court (6)
- the number of lower district courts (13)
- the idea that the Supreme C - The Judiciary Act 1789
- The powers specifically gien to Congress in the Consitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regualte foreign and interstae commerce, and declare war.
- enumerated powers
- This belief holds that the Constitution is narrowly interpreted to give the federal government only those powers specifically delegated to it.
- Strict Constructionist