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| James Madison | father of the Constitution |
| Southerners & Northerners disagreed on how slaves would be counted (in pop. count of the state for deciding how many delegates would be sent to the House. The agreement was_____ | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| American liberties today are protected by __ | Constitution & the Bill of Rights |
| Federalism | a system of gov. in which power is shared between the federal gov & the states. |
| Federalists were | people who supported the Constitution & who believed powers should be shared by federal & state gov. |
| Anti-Federalists | thought the Constitution took too many powers from the states & didn't guarantee rights of the people. |
| Madison also wrote | the amendments (Bill of Rights) that were amended & accepted. |
| popular sovereignty | a gov. in which the people rule; it reflects their will. |
| the motto of the US | E pluribus, unum "From many, one" |
| Republicanism, another word for representative democracy, is | the people elect representatives to make laws & exercise powers of government |
| Did the framers deliberately pit one branch agst another? | Yes because it guarded against abuse. |
| Civil rights | refers to positive acts by the gov. to protect citizens agst injustice. |
| filibustering | giving long speeches on the Senate floor to block a bill |
| Is there such a thing as "undeclared" war? | Yes: Korea (1950-53),Vietnam(1957-75), Persian Gulf War (1991), and Kosovo crisis(1999) |
| Who only can declare war? | Congress |
| Habeas corpus means | the prisoner has to be presented before a judge and charged with a crime OR released |
| President's yearly salary | $400,000 |
| 4 presidents assassinated | McKinley, Garfield, Lincoln, Kennedy |
| Pres.who survived an assassination attack | Reagan,Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Gerald Ford |
| roles of president | appoints Supreme Court judges, Commander of Chief, Signs bills into laws, appoints cabinet members & ambassadors, Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, |
