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Vocab
100
What was the first government made?
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
How we counted slaves as people
What is the 3/5 comprimise
100
The Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance
What is the strengths of the government
100
Separation of powers
What is the principle that separates powers into branches
100
Amendment
What is any change in the Constitution
200
Popular Sovereignty
What is a principle with the idea that the power is within the people's hands
200
Limited government
What is the principle that has the government do only what the people want it to do
200
Bill of rights
What is the first 10 amendments
200
Federalism
What is a principle that approves the new constitution
200
Articles
What is one of several main parts of the Constitution
300
New Jersey Plan
What is one house in each state that gets one vote
300
Checks and Balances
What is the principle in which each branch is able to restrain the power of other branches
300
Electoral College
What is a group that chooses the president and vice president
300
Second Compromise
What is the compromise when congress could regulate trade but not tax exports
300
Legislative Branch
What is the branch that makes laws
400
Preamble
What is the introduction to the constitution
400
Ordinance of 1785
What is the law that explains how we survey the land in the West
400
Weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation
What is the law that couldn't pass a law unless 9 out of the 13 states agreed and any changes to the laws needed all 13 states to agree
400
Shay's Rebellion
What is the protest led by farmers over high taxes
400
Executive Branch
What is the branch of the government that carries out the laws
500
Legislative branch and it's powers, executive branch and it's powers, and the judicial branch and its powers.
What is the three first articles
500
Great Compromise
What is each stat that gets 2 senators
500
Preamble, articles, and amendments
What is the three parts of the government
500
Northwest Ordinance
What is the plan to allow new states to join the unions
500
Judicial Branch
What is the branch of the government that interprets the laws
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