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Vocab
100
Articles of Confederation
What was the first U.S. Constitution?
100
George Washington
Who did the delegates chose to lead the convention?
100
3
How many parts are there to the Constitution?
100
5
How many principles did the delegates build the constitution with?
100
Constitution
What is the written plan for government?
200
Shay's Rebellion
What will cause the the delegates to call for a new government?
200
3 branches
In the Virginia Plan, how many branches would the federal government have?
200
Bill of Rights
What do we call the first 10 amendments?
200
Federalism
What is the power that is shared by the national government and the states?
200
bicarmeral
What is a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses?
300
The Ordinance of 1785
What was the law that surveys and divides land into townships?
300
Three-Fifths Compromise
What compromise made is so that five slaves counted as 3 people in the population?
300
Preamble
What part of the constitution states the purposes of the government?
300
Popular Sovereignty
What means the people's right to rule?
300
Confederation
What is a group of individuals or state governments?
400
The Northwest Ordinance
What the law that explains how a territory becomes a state?
400
New Jersey Plan
What plan wanted one house, and each state getting one vote in the house?
400
2/3
What fraction of Congress or the state legislative branches do we need to propose an amendment?
400
Checks and Balances
What principle says that each branch is given a power that limits the other two branches?
400
Electoral College
What is a group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President?
500
English Bill of Rights
Where did most state constitutions get their ideas from?
500
Antifederalists
Who believed that the national government would ignore the rights of states and individuals?
500
27
How many amendments are there currently?
500
Supremacy Clause
What clause states that the Constitution shall be the Supreme Law of the Land?
500
Ordinance
What is a law usually of a city or colony?
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