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18 Cards in this Set
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Constitutional Convention
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1787) a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution
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James Madison
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American statesman, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the father of the Constitution for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention. He led the United States through the War of 1812.
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Virginia Plan
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the plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population
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New Jersey Plan
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a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention
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Great Compromise
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an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state's population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress
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popular sovereignty
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the idea that political authority belongs to the people
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federalism
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U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
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legislative branch
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the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
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executive branch
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the division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws
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judicial branch
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the division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
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checks and balances
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a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
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Antifederalists
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people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
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George Mason
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antifederalist
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Federalists
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people who supported ratification of the Constitution
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Federalist Papers
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These essays supporting the Constitution were written anonymously under the name Publius
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amendment
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official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution
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Bill of Rights
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the first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791
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