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Civics Study Guide
1/30/23
Term | Definition |
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1.) Articles of Confederation- | The first constitution of the United States |
2.) Bicameral- | a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses |
3.) Northwest Ordinance- | 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and served as a model for other new territories and as a plan for admitting new states to the union |
4.) Constitutional Convention- | Meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution |
5.) Federalism- | a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states |
6.) Electoral College- | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
7.) Ratify | To vote approval |
8.) Anti-Federalist- | Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution |
9.) Amendment- | Change to the Constitution |
10.) Enumerated Powers- | Powers granted directly to the national government by the Constitution |
11.) Concurrent Powers- | Powers shared by the state and federal governments |
12.) Checks and Balances- | a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of the others |
13.) Reserved Powers- | Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states |