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23 Cards in this Set
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what did the virginia plan want to establish
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it wanted to establish a republic
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what does each branch mean
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legislative branch= would make the laws and raise money for the central government
executive branch= would carry out the laws made by the legislative judicial branch= would decide the meaning of the laws |
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what is a antifederalists
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it is a person who doesn't like the constitution
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what are the three branches of the virginia plan
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legislative branch,executive branch, and judicial branch
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how come we know this as a famous meeting
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because james madison took good notes
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what was the final compromise
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they would have two houses, the house of reprsentatives and the senate. the house of representatives would be based on the number of representatives in each state which was based on the population. it favored the larger states. in the senate each state would have two representatives. it favored the small states
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what are the two most memorized parties
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they are the democratic party and the republican party
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what is the presidents cadbinet
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it is a group of people who help the president make decicions. they are headed secratary
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what is a federalists
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it is a person who likes the constitution
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what does veto mean
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it is when the president refuses to approve that law
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what does ratify mean
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when the constitution was officialy approved
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what is a admendment
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it is a change to the constitution
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what did they set up so that not one of the branches would get to powerful
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checks and balances
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what is the preamble
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it is the introduction of the constitution
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what did they do with the population of slaves
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every 5 slaves would be counted as three
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what were two other compromises
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instead of the citizens voting for the president they would vote for the electoral college and then the college would vote for the president
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what is the bill of rights
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it is the first ten admenments of the constitution
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what did the aeticles of confederation set up
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it set up our country's first central government
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what did the new jersey plan want to do with the number of delegates in each state
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they wanted to put the same amount of delegates in each state
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what was shay's rebllion about
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it was about when this farmer named daniel shays organizeda group to protest up against the courts but instead of going up against the court they went up against the local militia. eight men were killed
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what was the final compromise called
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the great compromise
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what was the constitutional convention for
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it was so that the delegates from each state came to decide if they wanted a new government called the constitution because the articles of confederation was so weak
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what type of system government did the constitution set up
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it set up a federal system of government
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