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ch.3
Term | Definition |
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constitution | a declorashon plan for goverment |
bicameral | a legislater cnsisting of two parts or housees |
confederation | a group of indevigiwols or state goverment |
ratify | to vote appruval |
costetushonol convention | meeting of state deligets 1787 leding to adopchin of the new costetushon |
grate compromise | a goverment providing a dual syistomo congres |
three fifths compromise | an agrement whwe there afrokin votes cont as one vote |
electoral college | a grup of pepole named by the legislathur to select presodint and vice presodint |
federalists | soprters of the constitushon |
anti federalists | thos how aposd the ratifacashon of the constetushon |
federalism | a form of govermint devided betwen fedrol, goverment,and states |
preamble | the oponing secshon of the costetushon |
legislative branch | the law macking branch of the govermint |
executive branch | the branch of govermint that cares out law |
judicial branch | a branch of govermint that interprits law |
amendment | any chang in the constetushon |
popular severity | the noshin that power liys withe the pepol |
rule of law | that the law applise to evryone evin thos how govern |
separation of powers | the split athority betwen judishol, legislativ, and executiv branch of govermint |
checks and balances | a sistom in ech branch of govermint is abol to check or restran power |
exprest powers | powers that congeras has that is spesholy listed in the constetushon |
reserved powers | powers that the constetushon dose not givethe govermint but is cept by the stats |
concurrent powers | powers shard by bothe the state and fedrol govermint |