Mid-Term Exam Part D Flashcards
What are the 3 branches of government?
Legislative, Judical, Executive
What is the governmental principle which divides the power of the national government into 3 branches?
Separation of Power
What is the principle that prohibits a union of the government to and official church?
Separation of church and state
What is one personal freedom guaranteed in the new state constitution?
Religion, speech, press
What is the government system for establishing state governments in the lands northwest of the Appalachian Mountains?
Northwest Ordinance
What is the convention, in Philadelphia - where delegates met to make changes in the structure of the federal government in 1787?
Constitutional Convention
What was the name of the legislative compromise?
Great Compromise
What was the name given to the slavery compromise?
3/5th compromise
What is the name of the organization that votes directly for the president?
Electoral College
What is the name of the proposed plan for congress that wanted congress to be based on equality?
New Jersey Plan
What is the name of the proposed plan for congress that wanted congress to be based on population?
Virginia Plan
What are the two houses that we have in congress today?
Senate and House of Representatives
What is the series of newspaper articles written to persuade the populous to support the new contitiution?
Federalist papers
What are the powers of the national government called?
Delegated powers
What are powers shared by both the national government and the state governments called?
Shared or concurrent power
