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Vocabulary
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created a system to surveying and selling western lands
What is The Ordinance of 1787
100
agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress
What is The Three-Fifths Compromise
100
the opening section of the Constitution
What is The Preamble
100
powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers
What is enumerated powers
100
supporters of the Constitution
What is Federalists
200
outlawed slavery in territory
What is The Northwest Ordinance
200
president, courts, and a congress with two houses. State population would decide how many representatives were in each house.
What is Virginia Plan
200
popular sovereignty, limited government and the rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism
What is The 5 Principles
200
a detailed, written plan for government
What is constitution
300
one–house legislature in which each state had one vote
What is The Articles of Confederation
300
Confederation’s one-house congress, each state would have one vote
What is New Jersey Plan
300
any change in the Constitution
What is the Amendments
300
powers shared by the state and federal governments
What is concurrent powers
300
a group of individuals or state governments
What is confederation
400
any attempt to amend, or change, the Articles required all 13 states to agree
What is Weakness of the Articles
400
meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution
What is Constitutional Convention
400
one of several main parts of the Constitution
What is the Articles
400
powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
What is reserved powers
400
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is Electoral College
500
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution
What is Shays's Rebellion
500
agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
What is The Great Compromise
500
declares the Constitution the “supreme Law of the Land.”
What is Article VI
500
the clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict
What is supremacy clause
500
a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
What is bicameral