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Vocab
100
Included the American ideals of individual rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
What is The Bill of Rights?
100
Three slaves counted as five people in population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
100
The first ten amendments
What is The Bill of Rights?
100
popular sovereignty, limited government and the rule of law separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism.
What are The five principles of our government?
100
The principal that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful. A government that can do only what the people allow it to do.
What is limited government?
200
Government with no national powers.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
200
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
What is electoral College?
200
The 27 changes of the constitution.
What are the Amendments?
200
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?
200
The idea that power lies with the people.
What is Popular sovereignty?
300
The first Constitution of the United States.
What is The Articles of Confederation?
300
Supporters of the Constitution.
What is a Federalist?
300
The branch of the government that makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
Powers shared by the state and federal governments.
What is concurrent powers?
300
A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.
What is Federalism?
400
Any attempt to change the articles required 13 of the states to agree.
What is a weakness of the Articles?
400
Congress had one house. Each state would have one vote.
What is New Jersey Plan?
400
The Branch in the Government that enforces the laws the Legislative Branch makes.
What is the Executive Branch?
400
Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states.
What is reserved powers?
400
One of several main parts of the Constitution.
What is the Article?
500
Set up a plan for surveying land.
What is the Ordinance of 1785?
500
Two houses; State population would decide how many representatives were in each house.
What is the Virginia Plan?
500
The Branch of the Government that interprets the executive and Legislative Branch.
What is the Judicial Branch?
500
Powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers.
What is enumerated powers?
500
Meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution.
What is Constitutional Convention?
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