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Vocabulary Words
100
A detailed written plan for the government.
What is the Constitution?
100
George Washington
What is the name of the man who led the Constitutional Convention
100
The Preamble
What is the first part or introduction of the Constitution?
100
popular sovereignty limited government and the rule of law separation of powers checks and balances federalism
What is the major principles of the government?
100
Bicameral
What is when legislatures were divided into parts?
200
When they set up a plan for surveying western lands
What is the Ordinance of 1765?
200
The Virginia Plan
What is a two house legislative branch based off of population
200
The Articles
What is the second part or main parts of the Constitution?
200
When the people rule
What is popular sovereignty?
200
A main part or rule of the government
What is an article?
300
The first Constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
The Great Compromise
What is a two house legislative branch that has a house of representatives based off of population where each state gets two votes?
300
A change to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
300
the government can only do what the people allow it to do
What is Limited government?
300
a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
What is checks and balances?
400
A plan for admitting new states into the Union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
400
Three Fifths Compromise
What is where every 5 slaves would count as three people
400
2/3 vote of both houses of Congress and 3/4 states must ratify amendment.
What is a formal amendment?
400
the power of the federal government is divided into three separate branches
What is separation of powers?
400
powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
What is a reserved power?
500
The first 10 changes to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
Someone who believes in a stronger federal government and likes the government.
What is a Federalists?
500
Actions by elected officials have led to changes that eventually we’ll make an amendment for.
What is an informal amendment?
500
A power only for the federal government
What is an enumerated power?
500
powers shared by the state and federal governments
What is a concurrent power?
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