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Vocab
100
Surveyed land and divided the land into townships.
What is the Ordinance of 1785?
100
President, courts, Congress with two houses, population will determine representation in each house.
What is the Virginia Plan?
100
Powers not listed in the Constitution?
What is implied powers?
100
The power of the government lies within the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
100
A detailed, written plan for government.
What is constitution?
200
The plan for admitting new states into the Union
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
200
A one-house Congress, each state gets one vote, and a small committee will carry out its laws.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
The introduction to the Constitution that states the six purposes of the government.
What is the Preamble?
200
The government can only do what the people allow it to do.
What is Limited Government and Rule of Law?
200
A legislature consisting of two parts or houses.
What is bicameral?
300
The very first United States government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
How to count slaves in population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
300
States how the government will work in the Constitution.
What is the Articles?
300
Three branches of government that each do a specific job.
What is Separation of Powers?
300
Powers given only to the federal government.
What is enumerated powers?
400
You needed nine out of thirteen states to pass a law.
What is a weakness of the government?
400
Someone who supported the new constitution.
What is a Federalist?
400
A change made to the Constitution.
What is the Amendments?
400
Keeps one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
400
How to elect the president of the United States.
What is the Electoral College?
500
The event that led to the change of a government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
500
Someone who opposed the new constitution.
What is a Anti-Federalist?
500
People only believe what is exactly listed in the Constitution that the government can do.
What is strict interpretation?
500
Power that is shared between the federal and state governments.
What is Federalism?
500
To vote approval of.
What is ratify?
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