Lesson 1 Vocab.
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
Republic
A settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands.
Compromise
A change, correction, or improvement added to a document.
Amendment
Special group of electors chosen to vote the president and the vice president.
Electoral College
Favored local government controlled more closely by the people.
A. Federalist
B. Anti-Federalist
C. checks and balances
D. Electoral College
E. Framers
B. Anti-Federalist
Another word for a law.
Ordinance
A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.
Depression
Sharing power between the federal and state goverments.
Federalism
A system by which each branch of government limits the power of other branches.
Checks and Balances
The men who shaped the Constitution.
A. Federalist
B. Anti-Federalist
C. checks and balances
D. Electoral College
E. Framers.
E. Framers
To fall in value.
Depreciate
Having the proper size in relation to other objects or items.
Proportional
The branch that makes the laws.
Legislative Branch
Supporter of the Constitution.
A. Federalist
B. Anti-Federalist
C. checks and balances
D. Electoral College
E. Framers
A. Federalist
Having 2 separate lawmaking chambers.
Bicameral
The freeing of individual enslaved persons.
Manumission
Branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law; headed by the president.
Executive Branch
System that keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power.
A. Federalist
B. Anti-Federalist
C. checks and balances
D. Electoral College
E. Framers
C. checks and balances
The states adopted constitutions that limited the power of the who?
A. Governor
B. President
C. State Representative
D. State Senator
A. Governor
A. Great Compromise
B. Three-Fifths Compromise
C. Two-Thirds Compromise
D. Washington Compromise
A. Great Compromise
Branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law.
Judicial Branch
Indirectly elects the the President.
A. Federalist
B. Anti-Federalist
C. checks and balances
D. Electoral College
E. Framers
D. Electoral College