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Vocab
100
Ordinance of 1785
What is a plan for surveying lands?
100
Constitutional Convention
What is a meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution?
100
Preamble
What is the opening section of the Constitution?
100
Popular Sovereignty
What is a representative government were the people get to choose a president or other elected leader?
100
Enumerated power
What is powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution; another name for expressed powers?
200
Northwest Ordinance
What is a plan for admitting states to the Union?
200
Three-Fifths Compromise
What is a agreement that stated that every five slaves will count as three people towards population?
200
Article
What is one of several parts of the Constitution?
200
Limited Government and the Rule of Law
What is when the government can only do what the people allow ,and a government official can and will be held accountable if the break the law?
200
Reserved powers
What is powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states?
300
Shays' Rebellion
What is the event that called for a change to the Articles of Confederation?
300
Electoral College
What is the system they use to select the president and vice president?
300
Amendment
What is any change in the Constitution?
300
Separation of Powers
What is when the government is split up into different branches and have different powers?
300
Concurrent powers
What is powers shared buy the state and federal governments?
400
Articles of Confederation
What is the first constitution of the United States of America?
400
Federalist
What is a person that supports the new Constitution?
400
Formal Amendment
What is when 2/3 of Congress and then 3/4 of the states approve it?
400
Checks and Balances
What is when each branch is able to check the others and make sure one is not trying to become too powerful?
400
Great Compromise
What is an agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation?
500
Constitution
What is a detailed, written plan for government?
500
Anti-Federalist
What is a person that opposes the new Constitution?
500
Interpreting the Constitution
What is the way people read the Constitution, either word for word or flexibility?
500
Federalism
What is when power is shared by the national government and state government?
500
Federalist Papers
What is a series of essays written to defend the Constitution?