Compromises and Plans
The New Government
Principals of the Government
Government Powers
The Articles
100
Ordinance of 1785
What is the law that set up a plan to survey western land?
100
Preamble
What is the opening section of the Constitution?
100
Popular Soverignty
What is it when the government lies with the people?
100
Implied Powers
what is powers given to the federal government not listed in the constitution?
100
Article One
What is the article that explains the Legislative branch and its powers?
200
Northwest Ordinance
What is the plan for admitting new states to the Union?
200
Articles
What is the part in the Constitution that described the way the government is set up?
200
Limited Government
What is it when the government can only do what the people allow it to?
200
The necessary and proper clause
What is the clause that gives congress the power to do its job?
200
Article 4
What is the article that explains the relationship between the state and national government?
300
The Great Compromise
What is the agreement providing a dual system of Congressional Representation?
300
Ammendments
What is any additional change to the constitution?
300
Seperation of Powers
What is having three branches and giving each one a specific task no one branch can become too powerful?
300
Strict Interpretation
What is it called when people belive that the government can only do word for word of what the Constitution says.
300
Article 2
What is the article that explains the Executive branch and its powers?
400
Three-Fifths Compromise
What is the agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress?
400
Checks and Balances
What is the system gives each branch one power to check or limit the other branches?
400
Loose Interpretation
What is it when people can exaggerate the Constitution and let the government do its job?
400
Article 7
What is the article that describes how the constitution was to be ratified?
500
The Virginia Plan
What is the plan that population will determine representation in each house?
500
Electoral College
What is a group of people named my by each state legistlature to select the President and Vice President?
500
Federalism
What is the power that is shared by both state and federal government?
500
Supremacy Clause
What is the supreme law of the land?
500
Article 6
What is the article that declares the constitution is the supreme law of the land?
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