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35 Cards in this Set
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CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT |
A government that directs all the states together.
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COUNCIL
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a group of persons appointed or elected to make laws or give advice.
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PROMINENT
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to stand above others in merit, to be greatly respected.
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COMPROMISE
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an agreement in which the participants on both sides of an argument give up something they want in order to end a dispute.
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GREAT COMPROMISE
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The compromise made about how many people would represent each state in congress.
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CONGRESS
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a meeting of representatives to make laws for a nation
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3/5 COMPROMISE
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Each slave would count as 3/5 of a person in determining representation in the House of Representatives
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FUGITIVE
SLAVE CLAUSE |
a compromise that stated all fugitive slaves must be returned to their 'owners'.
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SLAVE
TRADE COMPROMISE |
After 20 years (1808) no more slaves could be brought in to the US from Africa.
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CLAUSE
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a separate part of a document
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FUGITIVE
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person running away
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PLANTATION
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a large farm where crops are grown and the people who tend it live on the land.
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REPUBLIC
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a form of government in which people elect representatives to make their laws for them
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DEMOCRACY
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a government in which people make their own political decisions by voting
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SEPARATION
OF POWERS |
The power of the government; would be shared by three branches or parts.
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EXECUTIVE
BRANCH |
-Responsible for carrying out laws
-President runs this branch |
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LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH |
-Makes Laws
-Group of lawmakers = Congress |
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JUDICIAL
BRANCH |
-Makes sure laws are constitutional and obeyed
-Supreme Court is Head of the Judicial Branch |
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FEDERAL
SYSTEM |
-Power is divided
-National Government has certain powers. -State Government has certain powers. -Some powers are shared |
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CHECKS & BALANCES
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This system makes sure that no branch of government has too much power.
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SAFEGUARDS
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protects, defends or gives safety
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VETO
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to reject, forbid, or disapprove. Veto can be used to prevent a bill from becoming law.
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AMEND
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to change
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RATIFY
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to accept
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LIBERTY
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freedom
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JUSTICE
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fairness
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BILL
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a listing or record of work performed- or of goods sold. In this case a listing of rights guaranteed to the people.
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Magna Carta
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a document that limited King John's power written in latin.
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Bill of Rights
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list of rights
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ECONOMY
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total of all the business done, and all the money made & spent in the country.
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BUDGET
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listing of income and expense over time.
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WHISKEY
REBELLION |
1st test under New Government because farmers didn't want to pay tax on the whiskey they made.
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CITIZEN
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a person born in the US
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IMMIGRANT
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a person who comes into a foreign country to make a new home.
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PRIVILEGES
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special right or benefit granted to a person.
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