vocabulary
The constitution
What is a detailed, written plan for government?
a 1787 law that set up a government for the northwest territory
What is the northwest ordinance
a federal government much like ours it had a president, courts, and a congress with two houses
What is the virgina plan
The Amendments
What is the last part of the Constitution
the idea that power lies with the people
What is popular sovereignty
process
What is an action or a series of actions directed toward a result
the congress was strickly limited and congress didnt have the power to tax
What is the weakness of the articles
Confederation’s one-house congress each state would have one vote but Congress could set taxes and regulate, or control, trade
What is the New Jersey plan
any change in the constitution
what is the amendment
the principal that a ruler or a government is not that powerful. A government that can do only what the people allow it to do
What is limited government
article
What is one of several main parts of the Constitution
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 is Shays's Rebellion
agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
What is the great Compromise
the branch of government that carries out laws
What is the executive branch
the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
What is Separation of Powers
popular sovereignty
What is the idea that power lies with the people
the first Constitution of the united states
What is the articles of confederation
agreement providing that enslaved people in the congress
what is the three fifths compromise
the lawmaking branch of government
What is the legislative branch
a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
What is Checks and Balances
concurrent powers
What is powers shared by the state and federal governments
a law usually of a city or county
what is ordinance
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
What is federalism
the branch of government that interprets laws
What is the judicial branch
the clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict
What is the supremacy clause