Creating the Constitution
Understanding the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Washington Leads a New Nation
Hamilton and National Finances
100
held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
100
government, a system that divided powers between the states and the federal government.
federal system
100
promised that a bill of rights would be added to the Constitution
James Madison
100
a body of electors who represent the people’s vote in choosing the president
electoral college
100
American statesman and member of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, he was an author of the Federalist Papers, which supported ratification of the Constitution. He was the first secretary of treasury under George Washington and developed the Bank of the United States.
Alexander Hamilton
200
He proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government
Virginia Plan
200
vote to bring charges of serious, crimes against, a president
impeach
200
This is the idea that the greatest number of people in society can make policies for everyone
majority rule
200
is an action or decision that later serves as an example.
precedent
200
the total amount of money owed by a country to its lenders
national debt
300
which called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice, in the federal government
New Jersey Plan
300
or cancel
veto
300
make a request of the government
petition
300
This act created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationship to the state courts
Judiciary Act of 1789
300
a certificate that represents money the government has borrowed from private citizens
Bonds
400
The agreement to create a two-house legislature
Great Compromise
400
These commands have the power of law
executive orders
400
This order gives authorities permission to search someone’s property
search warrant
400
a decision reached by two or more people or groups
agreement
400
people who buy items at low prices in the hope that the value will rise and they can sell the items for a profit
speculators
500
Under this agreement only three-fifths of a state's slave population would count when determining representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
500
or freedom from punishment
pardons
500
This means that the law must be fairly applied
due process
500
They saw him as an honest leader and a hero of the Revolution
George Washington
500
American statesman, and member of two Continental Congresses, chairman of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration’s main author and one of its signers, and the third president of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
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