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11 Cards in this Set
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Constitutional Covention
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1787 meeting at which the US Constitution was created
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Founders
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people who helped create the US Constitution
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James Madison
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prominent adviser to the Constitutional Covention
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Virginia Plan
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proposal for a two-house legislature with representaion according to each state's population or wealth
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New Jersey Plan
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proposal for a legislature in which each state would have one vote
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Great Compromise
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agreement to establish a
two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house |
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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agreement that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for representation and taxation
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executive branch
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government department that enforces laws
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judicial branch
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government department that interprets laws
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legislative branch
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government department that makes laws
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checks and balances
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the ability of each branch of government to exercise checks, or controls, over the other branches
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