What is the Preamble, the Articles and the Amendments
100
The power of the government lies with the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
100
a legislature consisting of 2 houses
What is bicameral
200
a law that set up how a territory can become a state
What is the Northwest Ordinance
200
Two house legislative branch , each state gets 2 members in the senate, representation based on population in the House of Representatives
What is the Great Compromise
200
additions or changes to the constitution
What is the Amendments
200
the government can only do what the people allow it to do, the laws apply to everyone even those who govern
What is Limited Government and Rule of Law
200
to approve
What is ratify
300
a law that surveyed and divided land into townships
What is the Ordinance of 1785
300
One house congress ,each state gets one vote,congress gets to set taxes and regulate trade,a committee to carry out the laws,large states do not like this
What is the New Jersey Plan
300
the introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government
What is the Preamble
300
the government being broken into 3 branches to limit power
What is Separation of Powers
300
a group selected by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is Electoral College
400
an event that lead to a change in the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion
400
how slaves were counted as people
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
400
describes how the government is set up
What is Articles
400
This system gives each branch one power to check or limit the other two branches
What is Checks and Balances
400
the branch that carries out the laws
What is Executive Branch
500
the first government the U.S had
What is the Articles of Confederation
500
someone who approved of the new constitution
What is a Federalist
500
open to more flexibility when reading the Constitution
What is a loose interpretation
500
the power that is shared by both state and federal government
What is Federalism
500
the meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to the adoption of a new constitution