ch 3

Question 1

popular sovergeignty

Answer 1

government by consent of the governed

Question 2

bicameral

Answer 2

divided into two parts

Question 3

confederation

Answer 3

voluntary association of independent states

Question 4

sovergeignty

Answer 4

supreme power

Question 5

ratify

Answer 5

approve

Question 6

ordinance

Answer 6

law

Question 7

right of deposit

Answer 7

permission to put goods ashore for transfer to ocean-going ships

Question 8

depression

Answer 8

a period where economic activity slows and unemployment increases

Question 9

manumission

Answer 9

freeing of individual enslaved person

Question 10

proportional

Answer 10

corresponding in size

Question 11

compromise

Answer 11

agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants

Question 12

Enlightenment

Answer 12

a movement of the 1700s that promoted knowledge, reason, and science as means to improve society

Question 13

federalism

Answer 13

sharing power between the federal and state governments

Question 14

article

Answer 14

part of a document

Question 15

legislative

Answer 15

lawmaking branch

Question 16

executive

Answer 16

headed by president, that carries out the nation’s laws

Question 17

judicial

Answer 17

includes the federal court system that interprets the nations laws

Question 18

checks and balances

Answer 18

system through which the three branches of government limit the others so that no single branch can dominate over each other

Question 19

federalist

Answer 19

supporter of the constitution

Question 20

antifederalist

Answer 20

opponent of the constitution