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Vocab Words
100
The name of America's first government
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
A meeting in Philadelphia whose purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitutional Convention
100
Any change in the Constitution
What is an amendment
100
In this kind of government, power belongs to the people.
What is popular sovereignty
100
A detailed, written plan for government
What is a constitution
200
This law set up a plan for surveying western lands.
What is the Ordinance of 1785
200
The Constitutional Convention took place here
What is Independence Hall
200
This article outlines the legislative branch and its powers
What is article 1
200
A government that can only do what the people allow it to.
What is limited government
200
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is the electoral college
300
This law set up a plan for admitting new states to the union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
300
A plan that proposed a two-house congress based off population
What is the Virginia Plan
300
This article outlines the executive branch and its powers
What is article 2
300
This principle divides the federal government into three branches.
What is separation of powers
300
A supporter of the Constitution
What is a federalist
400
Daniel Shays led this riot
What is Shay's Rebellion
400
A plan that proposed a one-house congress based off equal representation
What is the New Jersey Plan
400
This article outlines the judicial branch and its powers
What is article 3
400
This principle keeps any one of the three branches from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances
400
The opening section of the Constitution
What is the preamble
500
This treaty was signed in 1783 and ended war between the Colonies and Britain
What is the Treaty of Paris
500
This agreement determined how slaves would be counted towards state population
What is the three-fifths compromise
500
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
500
Power that is shared between the national government and the states
What is Federalism
500
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
What is a bicameral legislature