Chapter 3 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Great Promise
It was known as the great compromise because each side gave up part of what it wanted in order to benefit all
Bicameral
Two house legislature
Three fifths compromise
The three fifths compromise counted each slave as three fifths of a person when a states population was calculated
Ratified
Approved
Federalists
The supporters of the constitution were known as the Federalists because they supported a strong, federal, or national government.
Anti Federalists
The opponents of the constitution
Amendments
Changes
Federalism
The division of power between the states and the federal, or national, government
Concurrent powers
Powers shared by the federal and state governments
Reserved powers
Powers that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the states
Checks and Balances
This system gives each branch of government ways to limit the powers of the other two
Impeach
Accuse