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32 Cards in this Set
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constitution
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a detailed written plan for government
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bicameral
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a legislature consisting of two parts or houses
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confederation
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a group of individuals or state govenments
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Articles of Confederation
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the 1st constitution of the United tates
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ratify
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to vote approval of
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ordinance
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a law,usually of a city of county
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Ordinance of 1785
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a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands
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Northwest Ordinance 1787
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a law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and a plan for admitting new states to the Union
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Shay's Rebellion
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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
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Constitutional Convention
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meetings of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new constitution
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Great Compromise
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agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
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Three Fifths Compromise
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agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress
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Electoral College
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a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
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Federalist
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a supporter of the Constitution
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federalism
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a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national government and the states
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The Federalist Papers
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a series of essays written to defend the constitution
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Anti-Federalist
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a person who opposed ratification of the Constitution
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Preamble
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the opening section of the Constitution
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article
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one of several main parts of the constitution
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amendment
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any change in the constitution
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legislative branch
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the lawmaking branch of government
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executive branch
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the branch of government that carries out laws
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judicial branch
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the branch of government that interprets laws
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popular sovereignty
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the idea that power lies with the people
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limited government
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a government that can do only what the people allow it to do
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rule of law
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the principle that the law applies to everyone even those who govern
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separation of powers
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the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branch
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checks and balances
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a system in which each branch of government is able to check,or restrain the power of others
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enumerated powers
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powers directly granted to the national government by the constitution
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reserved powers
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powers the constitution does not give to the federal government; power set aside for the states
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concurrent powers
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powers shared by the state and federal governments
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supremacy clause
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a clause stating that the constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are "the supreme Law of the Land"
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