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Vocabulary
100
Bill of Rights
What is the first 10 changes to the constitution called?
100
George Washington
Who did the delegates choose as the leader of the Constitutional Convention
100
Preamble
What is the intro to the Constitution called?
100
Separation of Powers
What is the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches called?
100
Constitution
What is a detailed, written plan for government?
200
Articles of Confederation
What was the first constitution of the United States called?
200
People who agreed with the Constitution.
Who were federalists?
200
All the changes made to the Constitution.
What are the amendments in the Constitution?
200
The people's right to rule.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
200
Electoral College
What is a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?
300
Ordinance of 1785
What is a law that sets up a plan for surveying western lands?
300
1 house, each state gets one vote, smaller population states liked this.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
The branches and their powers.
What are the first three Articles in the Constitution about?
300
The power shared between the state and federal government.
What is federalism?
300
The amendments
What are the changes in the Constitution called?
400
Shay's Rebellion
What showed the Framers that the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
400
Two house legislative branch, one called the senate, one called the house of representatives.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
When somebody in the government does something that is not stated in the Constitution.
What is an informal amendment?
400
The power only given to the federal government
What is Enumerated Power?
400
a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
What is checks and balances?
500
Bicameral
What is a legislature consisting of two houses?
500
The way slaves were counted.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
The Supreme Court
Who interprets the Constitution?
500
The government is limited by the people.
What is limited government?
500
Power shared by both state and federal government.
What is concurrent powers?
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