Lesson 1
a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
What is bicameral?
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
What is Federalism?
the opening section of the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
a government that can only do what the people allow them too.
What is limited government?
A detailed, written plan for government
What is the constitution?
a group of individuals or state governments
What is a Confederation?
agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
What is the Great Compromise?
one of several main parts of the Constitution
What is the Articles?
the split of authority among the three branches
What is Separation of Powers?
The first Constitution of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt
What is Shays Rebellion
An agreement stating the enslaved people would count as 3/5 of a free person
Whats is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
any change in the Constitution
What is an Amendment?
each branch has a power or two that can limit other branches
Whats is Checks and Balances?
to vote approval of
What is ratify?
Could not pass a law unless 9 of 13 states agree
What is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
People who opposed ratification of the Constitution
What is an Anti-Federalists?
the branch of government that carries out laws
What is the Executive branch?
Power that is given straight to the national government
What is enumerated power?
the idea that power lies with the people
What is popular sovereignty?
1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
What is Northwest Ordinance?
supporters of the Constitution
What is a Federalists?
the branch of government that carries out laws
What is the Judicial Branch
Power shared between state government and federal government
What is Concurrent Power?
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is Electoral College?