5th - Social Studies Ch 10 chapter Vocab Flashcards
Ratify
To approve or except something
Articles of Confederation
And early plan for the new American government
Legislative branch
The part of government that makes laws
Executive branch
The part of government that puts Lauzen to the fact
Judicial branch
The part of government to make sure laws are understood correctly
Inflation
And economic condition in which prices rise very quickly
Shays’ rebellion
And uprising of farmers who were angry about state taxes
Northwest ordinance of 1787
A plan for dividing the Northwest territory
Delegate
A person who represents other people at a meeting
Constitutional convention
I’m leaving where delegates came up with the Constitution
Virginia plan
Plan giving states with more people more representatives
New Jersey plan
I’m giving you stayed the same number of representatives
Compromise
An agreement reached after each side gives up something
Great compromise
A plan that split Congress into the house of representatives and the Senate
Three Fifths compromise
Counting only some enslaved people as part of the states populatio
