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Vocab
100
Northwest Ordinance
What is a plan for admitting new states into the union?
100
Virginia Plan
What is population determines representation in each house and small states do not like this plan?
100
Preamble
What is the introduction to the constitution that states the goals of our government?
100
Limited Government and Rule of law
What is laws apply to everyone even those who govern?
100
Constitution
What is a detailed written plan for the government?
200
Bill of Rights
What is to protect peoples freedom from the government?
200
3/5 compromise
What is every five slaves would count as three free people?
200
1 Article
What is describes the power of the legislative branch and how it will work?
200
Federalism
What is power shared between state and federal government?
200
Electoral college
What is a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?
300
Shay's Rebellion
What is the event when farmers felt that taxes were unfair and rebelled?
300
New Jersey Plan
What is each state gets one vote and big states do not like this plan?
300
Formal and Informal
What is the two ways to amend the constitution?
300
Supremacy Clause
What is states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land?
300
Amendment
What is a change to the constitution?
400
Ordinance of 1785
What is the plan for surveying Western land?
400
Anti-federalist
What is someone who opposed the new constitution?
400
Strict Interpretation
What is when people believe that the government can only do what is listed in the constitution?
400
Separation of Powers
What is to limit the government the framers created a federal government with three branches?
400
Popular Sovereignty
What is the idea that power lies with the people?
500
Articles of Confederation
What is established to join thirteen states as one?
500
Federalist
What is someone that liked how the power was divided more equally between federal and state governments?
500
Implied Powers
What is powers not listed in the constitution?
500
Checks and Balance System
What is each branch is given power to check the other two branches?
500
Concurrent Powers
What is powers shared by the state and federal government?
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