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Lesson 4
Vocabulary
100
makes laws
What is the purpose of the legislature branch?
100
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the oldest delegate?
100
Preamble
What part of the Constitution contains one powerful sentence?
100
popular sovereignty, limited government and the rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism
What are the five principles?
100
Electoral College
What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?
200
All 13 states
How many states did it take to ratify the articles?
200
19 delegates
How many delegates would become senators?
200
Preamble, articles, amendments
What are the three parts to the Constitution?
200
Constitution
What limits the power of both federal and state governments?
200
Bill of Rights
What do we call the first 10 amendments?
300
Ordinance of 1785
What is the ordinance that set up a plan for surveying lands?
300
George Washington and James Madison
Which two delegates would become president?
300
vote from two-thirds of members of both houses of Congress
What is the first method to pass an amendment?
300
Barron de Montesquieu
Who came up with the idea of splitting up the power of the government?
300
Constitutional Convention
What was the meeting of state delegates in 1787?
400
9 states out of 13 agreed to it
How could Congress pass a law?
400
Virginia Plan
What was the plan that two houses were based on population?
400
executive branch
What branch of government carries out laws?
400
enumerated powers
What is the power that is granted directly to the national government?
400
confederation
What does it mean to have a group of people or state governments?
500
Northwest Ordinance
What is the law that set up a government for a territory?
500
Three-Fifths Compromise
What did it mean for delegates to decide that every five enslaved people would equal three free people?
500
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What are the three names of the branches in the government?
500
enumerated, reserved and concurrent
What are the three types of powers?
500
bicameral
What does it mean to be a legislature split into two parts?
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