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Vocab
100
Shays’s Rebellion
What is the name of the riot that caused then to rethink the articles of confederation.
100
The Virginia Plan
What is the plan that had a president, courts, and a congress with two houses.
100
preamble
What is the the opening section of the Constitution that states the reasoning for the Constitution
100
checks and balances
What is a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others
100
constitution
What is a written plan for government
200
bill of rights
What is the document that states Americans rights
200
The New Jersey Plan
What is The plan kept the Confederation’s one-house congress and Each state would have one vote
200
articles
What is the main/ middle part of the Constitution
200
separation of powers
What is the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
200
ratify
What is a way to say approve something
300
Ordinance of 1785
What is the ordinance that set up a plan for surveying western lands.
300
federalist
What is the name of people that were not against the new constitution.
300
amendments
What is it called where all of the changes to the constitutions go
300
reserved powers
What is powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
300
3 fifths compromise
What is the agreement of how slaves would be counted toward population
400
Northwest Ordinance
What is The ordinance that provided a plan for admitting new states to the Union
400
Anti-Federalists
What is the name of the people that were against the new constitution
400
Formal and Informal Amendments
What are the two types of amendments
400
enumerated powers
What is powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers
400
electrical collage
What is a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
500
a Weakness of the Articles
What is a problem Congress could not pass a law unless nine states voted for it
500
bill of rights
What is the thing that changed most Anti-Federalists minds about the new constitution
500
lose and strong interitaion
What is the two ways that people see the constitution
500
concurrent
What is the powers shared by the state and federal governments
500
articles of confederation
What is the first Constitution of the united states
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