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, or plan of government.
What is constitution
100
, or fallen in value, so far that it was almost worthless.
What is depreciated
100
Supporters of the new Constitution were called __________.
What is Federalists
100
, headed by the president, to carry out the nation’s laws and policies.
What is executive branch
100
is something added to a document.
What is amendment
200
, legislatures to divide the power even further.
What is bicameral
200
, a period when economic activity slowed and unemployment
What is depression
200
was a movement of the 1700s that promoted knowledge, reason, and science as the means to improve society.
What is Enlightenment
200
, made up of presidential electors.
What is Electoral College
300
, a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is republic
300
, the freeing of individual enslaved persons, and the state’s population of free African Americans grew.
What is manumission
300
, or sharing power between the federal and state governments, is one of the distinctive features of the United States government.
What is Federalism
300
To keep any one branch from gaining too much power, the Framers built in a system of ____________.
What is checks and balances
400
, or apply to, Congress for statehood.
What is petition
400
, or correspond- ding in size, to the population of each state.
What is proportional
400
, or lawmaking branch, of the government. Congress is com- posed of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is legislative branch
400
, or court system, of the United States.
What is judicial branch
500
ordinance, or law, that established a procedure for surveying and selling the western lands north of the Ohio River.
What is ordinance
500
is an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
What is compromise
500
, or parts, of the Constitution describe the powers and responsibilities of each branch.
What is articles
500
, or approve, it.
What is ratify
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