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Ap GOV CHP 2
| Article of Confederation | Was the first constitution of the United States, establish the country's national government after the American Revolution. Created a weak central government; Congress was not strong enough to enforce laws or taxes, it also didn't have a president. |
| Shay's Rebellion | Uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. |
| Shay's Rebellion story/background | IN 17876, farmers in western Massachusetts were heavily in debt, facing imprisonment and the loss of their land. Many of them were veterans that fought against Britain and were promised by the Continental Congress to be paid back. |
| Shay's Rebellion story/background | But since the government didn't have enough money. So there farmers still were in debt. Daniel Shay Ed the indebted farmers to a local courthouse demanding relief and were faced with the Ma militiamen who did NOT arrest them. |
| Shay's Rebellion story/background | They called for aid from the national government but since there was no official army nothing could be done. |
| Shay's Rebellion conclusion... how did it help the AOC? | It brought reconginzitoon to the weakness of the AOC; not being able to pay back their veterans and not having a national army to protect the people. |
| Bicameral | Having two branches or chambers of government |
| Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, which defines the rights of Americans in relation to their government. Guarantees civil rights and liberties |
| Constitutional Convention | A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that resulted in the creation of the United States Constitution |
| Electoral college | Set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices |
| Great Compromise | Created a bicameral Congress; United the Virginia plan and the New Jersey Plan. One house in which representatives would be based on population and the second house in which each state would have an equal vote. |
| New Jersey Plan | Favored by small states; wanted representation in house to be equal among the states |
| Ratification | The official way to confirm something, usually by vote |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Determined that thee out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation |
| Virginia Plan | Favored by more populous states; representation in each house based on population and/or monetary contributions to the national government by the state. |
| Article V | Outlines the process for amending the Constitution ; established two ways to propose amendments and two ways to ratify amendments. |
| ESSA | Replaced the NCLB act; provides all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equal, and high-quality education, and close to educational achievement gaps. |
| NCLB | The increasing role of the federal gov in education, a policy mostly left to the states. NCB called for improvements in teaching methods, testing to measure progress, and sanctions for underperforming schools. |
| Race to the Top | Was a $4.35 billion United States Department of Education competitive grant created to spur and reward innovation and reforms in state and local district k-12 education |
| USA Patriot Act | Removed the boundary that prevented our law-enforcement and foreign counterintelligence investigators from sharing information. Also gives intelligence officials and law enforcement officers necessary tools to identify,apprehend, and prosecute terrorists |
| Checks and Balances | The ability of each branch to limit each others powers |
| Federalist 51 | Esplins how constitutional provisions of separation of powers and checks and balances control abuses majority; by James Madison. |
| Separation of powers | Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Legislative makes laws. Executive applying and enforcing laws. Judiciary interpreting laws. |
| Stakeholders | People or groups who will be affected by the policies |
| Advice and Consent | The authority of the United States Senate to approve or reject a resolution of ratification of any treaty |
| Impeachment | An accusation of wrongdoing against a high government official. |
| Pocket Veto | A veto of a bill brought about by the presidents failure to sign it within ten days of the adjournment of Congress |
| Two-Thirds Override | A super majority vote in each house. The power of Congress to enact a bill into law despite a presidential veto. |
| Veto | A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. |
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