Section 1
Name of first constitution that set up a government with very limited powers and no president
Articles of Confederation
This is when prices go up and the value of money goes down
Inflation
Name of convention that was supposed to fix the articles of confederation
Constitutional Convention
Ratification means...
Official Approval
How many branches of gov. did the constitution set up?
Three branches
This is a rule book or basic principles and laws that states duties of the government
Constitution
Taxes on imports or exports
Tariffs
Plan from the big states that would create a rule for representation based on states population and two house legislature
Virginia Plan
This group of people was against the constitution and said it gave central government too much power
Antifederalist
What branch of government makes the laws?
Legislative
This document was signed in 1215 and made the English King subject to British law.
What is the Magna Carta
What is trade among states called?
Interstate commerce
Plan from smaller states that would make unicameral government and give equal representation
New Jersey Plan
These people supported the constitution
Federalists
This branch of gov. includes president and enforces the laws
Executive
This means (the right to vote)
Suffrage
A time when economic activity is low and there is a rise in unemployment
Depression
This gave both big and small states representation and a two house legislature
Great Compromise
First ten amendments of constitution meant to give individual freedoms
Bill of Rights
This branch is made up of the courts
Judicial
A type of democracy where nobody has too much power
Limited government or representative democracy
Rebellion in which farmers protested heavy taxes and debts
Shays Rebellion
This compromise allowed for slave states to count their slave population
3/5 compromise
This is an official change to the constitution
Amendments
Idea that each branch has powers that keeps the other from not gaining too much power
Checks and Balances