Vocabulary
synonym for reject
What is veto?
three southern most states in the Northwest Territory
What are Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio?
George Washington's Secretary of State
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What is the Constitution?
symbol of created to help Pennsylvania celebrate freedom
What is the Liberty Bell?
both sides giving up something in order to come to an agreement
What is compromise?
Approximate total population of Virginia in 1790.
What is 750,000?
Massachusetts farmer who protested high state taxes
Who was Daniel Shays?
speech given each year by the president describing the current condition of the United States
What is the State of the Union Address?
group of advisors chosen by the President to help him make important decisions
What is the cabinet?
form of government in which people elect representatives to speak for them
What is a republic?
approximate number of debt cases in Bristol county between the years 1784 and 1786
What is 1400?
delegate who wrote a plan for government called the Virginia Plan
Who was James Madison?
amount of votes needed to ratify an amendment
What is three-fourths?
building the Constitutional Convention was held
What is Independence Hall?
vocabulary word that has a word part which means to mend or fix a problem
What is amendment?
What is the Potomac River?
Who was George Washington?
laws that don't follow rules set by the Constitution are considered...
What is unconstitutional?
rule that counted five enslaved people as three people
What was the Three-Fifths Rule?
the way someone thinks about an issue or an event
What is point of view?
number of enslaved people in New Hampshire in 1790
What is zero?
three authors of The Federalist
Who were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?
system in our government that ensures no one branch of government becomes stronger than the other
What is checks and balances?
amendment giving women the right
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?