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Ch5 Vocab Flashcards

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Being detailed into two parts or houses

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Bicameral

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A detailed written plan for government

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Constitution

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A group of individual state governments that unite for a common purpose

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Confederation

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The first constitution of the United States

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Articles of confederation

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Or approved

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Ratified

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Or laws

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Ordinances

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The first ordinance

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Ordinance of 1785

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This law set up a government for this area

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Northwest ordinance

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An uprising that was quickly stopped

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Shays rebellion

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Meetings of state delegates of 1787 leading to adoption of a new constitution

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Constitutional convention

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Agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation

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Great compromise

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Agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three fifths of other persons in determining representation in congress

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Three fifths compromise

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A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and Vice President

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Electoral collage

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A supporter of the constitution

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Federalist

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A form of government in which power is divided between the federal or national government and all states

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Federalism

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A series of essays written of the constitution

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The federalist

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A person who opposed ratification of the constitution

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Anti federalists

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A series of steps taken to achieve something

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Process

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Regardless of

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Despite

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The opening section of the constitution

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Preamble

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One of the several main parts of the constitution

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Article

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Any change of the constitution

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Amendment

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The lawmaking branch of government

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Legislature

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The branch if government that carries out laws

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Executive branch

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The branch of government that interprets laws

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Judicial branch

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To take on or accept a role or responsibility

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Assume

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The idea that powers lies within the people

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Popular soveringhty

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A government that can do only what the people allow

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Limited government

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The principle that the law applies to everyone even those who govern

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Rule of law

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The split of authority between the legislature executive and judicial branch

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Seperation of powers

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A system in which each branch of government is able to check or restrain the powers of others

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Checks and balances

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Powers directly granted to the national government from the constitution

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Chyme rated powers

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Powers the constitution does not give to the federal government powers set aside for states

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Reserved powers

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Powers shares by the state and the federal government

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Concurrent powers

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A clause stating that the constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are the supreme law of land

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Supremacy clause

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Make sure of guarantee

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Ensure

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A region

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Area

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An effect

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Impact

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