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29 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation
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America’s first constitution, created the Confederation Congress
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Edmund Randolph
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introduced the Virginia Plan
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Legislative Branch
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Lawmaking branch of the gov’t
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Executive Branch
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enforces laws
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Judicial Branch
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our court system
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John Locke
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Enlightenment thinker and writer
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Northwest Ordinance
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law helped stop spread of slavery to the West
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Roger Sherman
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suggested the Great Compromise
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Republic
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a government in which citizens rule through elected officials
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George Washington
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was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention
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Federal System
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where the final authority is the Constitution and where division of powers between the national government and the states are practiced
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Checks and Balances
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keeps one branch of government from gaining too much power
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Federalists
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supporters of the new constitution
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Anti-Federalists
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against the new constitution, wanted smaller government
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Shay’s Rebellion
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movement of angry farmers
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Electoral College
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presidential electors
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Bill of Rights
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protects individual rights, copied from British Bill of Rights
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Great Compromise
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product of grand committee, used Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan to come up with a bicameral legislature that most states would agree with
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Bicameral Legislature
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legislature with two houses and was adopted by most states
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Depression
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period of time when economic activity slows and unemployment increases much like after the Revolutionary War in the United States
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Federalists Papers
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book of essays explaining and supporting the Constitution
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Separation of Powers
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most distinctive feature of the United States Gov’t making sure no one branch of government gets too much power
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13 states
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How many states needed to approve of the Articles of Confederation in order for it to become the document that set up our government?
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9 states
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How many states did Congress need to pass a law?
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The Constitution
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Under the federal system, what is the final authority?
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Rhode Island
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Which state used its colonial charter as its constitution?
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Enlightenment
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What movement influenced the Constitutions architects?
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Veto Laws
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How can the President check the Congress?
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Delaware
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Which state was the first to approve the Constitution?
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