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civics chapter 3
civics
Question | Answer |
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constitution | within a few years , every former colony had a new consitution or had converted or changed ,its colonial charters into a state constitution |
bicameral | a legishlature consisting of two parts or houses |
confederation | a group of individual or state government |
ratified | approved |
constitution | meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new constitution |
great compromise | agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation |
three -fifths compromise | agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons |
electoral college | a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president |
federalists | supporters of the constitution |
federalism | a form of governmet in which power is divided between the federal or national government and the state |
anti-federalists | those who opposed the constitution |
preamble | an introduction that states |
constitution | meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new constitution |
great compromise | agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation |
three -fifths compromise | agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons |
electoral college | a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president |
federalists | supporters of the constitution |
federalism | a form of governmet in which power is divided between the federal or national government and the state |
anti-federalists | those who opposed the constitution |
preamble | an introduction that states |