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18 Cards in this Set
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Declaration of Independence |
The document that told England that America was a free country |
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The Great Comprimise |
Settled how states would be represented in the new government, setting up the House of Representatives, which pleased the larger states, and the Senate, which appealed to the smaller states |
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Local Government |
The government of a town, city, or country that provides many of the services needed for community life |
Two words |
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Federalists |
A political party formed during the early years of country that believed in a strong central government |
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James Madison |
The fourth president of the United States and writer of the Constitution and Bill of Rights |
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Three Fifths Comprimise |
Allowed every five slaves to be counted as three freed men for the purpose of representation |
Three words |
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State Government |
In charge of things related to each state such as state laws, state taxes, public schools and state highways |
Two words |
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Articles of Confederation |
Document of the first U.S. government. Provided weak national government with no executive or judicial branch |
Three words |
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Concurent Powers |
The Constitution denies many powers the National Government, it also denies many powers to the States |
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Unicameral |
One house, as a legislature |
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Denied Powers |
Some powers are denied to the National Government because the federal system does not intend the National Government to carry out those functions |
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Constitutional Convention |
The 1787 meeting in which leaders wrote a Constitution that established a government for the United States |
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Reserved Powers |
Authority that belongs to the states or to the people, not to the government |
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Tenth Amendment |
Stated that powers not given to the national Government belong to the states or the people |
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Thomas Jefferson |
The person who was born in Virginia and was the third President of the United States. He wrote the Declaration of Independence, which states that people have certain rights |
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Supremacy Clause |
Establishes the Constitution and United States laws as the "Supreme Law of the Land" |
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New Jersey Plan |
The plan offered by the small states at the constitutional convention that would have given all states an equal number of delegates in Congress |
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Bicameral |
Having two houses in the legislature - a Senate and a House of Representatives |
One word |
