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| Trial by Jury | Legal proceeding where a jury of peers make a decision or findings of fact. It is guaranteed by the Constitution and is in the Bill of Rights |
| States' Rights Debate | A debate over how much power and rights should be given to the states as opposed to the federal government |
| Southern States | Georgia, S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia. Those states that were considered the Confederate states during the Civil War. |
| Supreme Court | Has the power to review laws passed by Congress and strike down any law that is unconstitutional |
| Federalism | Sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country |
| Due Process | Law must be fairly applied |
| Federal Government | Established by the Constitution. Has 3 branches of government. Shares sovereignty over the United States with the states' governments |
| 1st Continental Congress | a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increase taxes and abuses of authority by the British government |
| Founding Fathers | Gentlemen who wer the framers of the new American government |
| Northern States | Maine, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Usually thought of as the industrial states |
| Second Great Awakening | a period of religious evangelism that began in the 1790s and became widespread in the US by the 1830s |
| President | Commander and chief executive officer of the United States. Heads the Executive Branch of Government |
| 3 Branches of Government | Legislative, Executive and Judicial |
| Plantation System | a system of large farms that usually specialized in one crop and used slaves as workers. This system was mainly in the South |
| Union | commonly referred to as the North states, as opposed to the states in the South. |
| Propaganda | a form of communication (documents, pamphlets, books) that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community or group toward some cause of the people |
| Consent of the Governed | the authority of the government depends on the approval of the people |
| 2nd Continental Congress | a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting in Lexington and Concord |
| Checks and Balances | Limits imposed on all branches of government by giving each branch the right to void, cancel or amend those acts of another branch that falls withing the jurisdiction and right of that particular branch |
