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- veto
- a law rejected by the president
- unconsitutional
- not permitted by the goverment
- founding fathers
- the men who laid out the groundwork of the united states
- domestic tranquility
- peace and order at home
- antifederalists
- people who opposed the consitution
- civilian
- nonmilitary
- new jersey plan
- gave the small states the same power as the bigger ones
- federalists
- supporter of a strong federal government
- executive branch
- branch of goverment that vetos laws
- liberty
- freedom
- popular sovereignty
- in the mid 1800's a term refering to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether or not to have slavery
- jury duty
- the responsibility of every citizen to serve on a jury when called
- three-fifths compromise
- three fifths of slaves votes counts
- checks and balances
- a principle that give one branch to check another branch
- judicial branch
- branch of government that carries out laws to make sure the are fair
- impeach
- to bring charges of serious wrong doing against a public official
- appeal
- to ask that a decision be reviewed by a higher court
- electoral college
- group of elector that meet every four years to vote for the president and the vice president
- seperation of powers
- the different branches of goverment
- virginia plan
- plan ofd the consitutional convention that called for a strong national goverment with three branches and twoo chamber legislatives
- dictatorship
- when one person or a small group holds complete authority
- general welfare
- well being of all the citizens of a nation
- override
- to overrule as when congress overrules a presidents veto
- bill of rights
- written list of of freedoms that the government promises to protect
- amend
- change
- limited goverment
- a principle of the united states consitution that states that government has onlu the powers that the constitution gives it
- legislative branch
- branch of government that passes laws
- patrioism
- to be devoted to ones country
- federalism
- a principle that seperate the power of the federal and the states