meeting of state delegates leading to adoption of a new Constitution
What was the constitutional convention.
100
The introduction to the constitution.
What is the preamble?
100
powers shared by the state and federal governments
What is concurrent powers?
100
a law, usually of a city or county
What is an ordnance?
200
a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands; this method is still used today.
What was the ordnance of 1785?
200
Every 5 slaves counted as 3 free people when counting towards population
What is the Three-fifths compromise.
200
The main parts of the Constitution.
What is the article?
200
powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers
What is enumerated powers.
200
agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
What is the great compromise.
300
Served as a model for other new territories and as a plan for admitting new states to the Union
What is the northwest ordnance?
300
One house congress based on population.
What is The new jersey plan?
300
Any change in the constitution.
What is the amendments?
300
Separation of powers.
What branch splits the authority among the 3 branches
300
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is electoral college?
400
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution
What was shays rebellion?
400
2 houses based. 1 based on equal representations and 1 based on population.
What is the Virginia plan?
400
The legislative is the lawmaking branch of government. The executive is the branch of government that carries out laws and the judicial is the branch of government that interprets laws
What are the 3 branches?
400
federalism and popular sovereignty
Name 2 principals .
400
federalism are supporters of the Constitution.anti federalist are people against the constitution.
What are federalism and anti federalist.
500
A document that protected he individual freedoms of the citizens.
What is the bill of rights?
500
They created 2 houses. 1 off population. 1 on equal representation.
What happened during the great compromise.
500
The bill of rights
What are the first 10 amendments known as?
500
separation of powers, and checks and balances.
What are 2 principals.
500
the clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict