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31 Cards in this Set
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Constitution |
a set of principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government |
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Virginia Stature for Religious Freedom |
this document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money |
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suffrage |
the right to vote
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articles of confederation |
congress would become the single branch of the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people |
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ratification |
official approval |
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Land Ordinance of 1785 |
which set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands |
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
the ordinance that formed a political system for the region |
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Northwest Territory |
areas that are now Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin |
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tariffs |
taxes on imports or exports |
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interstate comerce |
trade between two or more states |
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depression |
a depression is a period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment |
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inflation |
occurs when there are increase prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money |
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Daniel Shays |
a poor farmer and revolutionary war veteran |
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Constitutional Convention |
held in May 1787 in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to improve the Articles of Confederation |
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James Madison |
delegate that was well educated and had served in state legislatures |
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Virginia Plan |
he proposed a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government |
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New Jersey Plan |
a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William |
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Great compromise |
the agreement to create a tw-house legislature |
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Three-Fifths COmpromise |
under this agreement only three-fifths of a state’s slave population would count when determining representation |
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popular sovereignty |
the idea that political authority belongs to the people |
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federalism |
the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country |
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legislative branch |
congress which is responsible for proposing and passing laws |
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executive branch |
the president and the departments that help run the government |
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judicial branch |
made up of all the national courts |
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checks and balances |
which keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful |
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antifederalists |
people who opposed ratification of the constitution |
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federalists |
people who supported ratification of the constitutuion |
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federalist papers |
the essay supporting the constitution were written anonymously under the name of Pubilius |
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Amendments |
official change, correction or additional |
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Bill of Rights |
the first 10 amendments to the constitution; ratified in 1791 |
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Shay's rebellion |
the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt |
