Definitions
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| a detailed, written plan for government | Constitution
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| a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses | Bicameral
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| a group of individuals or state governments | Confederation
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| to vote approval of | Ratify
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| meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new constitution | Constitutional Convention
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| agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation | Great Compromise
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| agreement provididng that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in congress | Three-Fifths Compromise
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| a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | Electoral College
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| supporters of the constitution | Federalists
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| a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states | Federalism
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| those who opposed ratification of the constitution | Anti-Federalists
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| the opening section of the constitution | Preamble
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| the lawmaking branch of government | Legislative Branch
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| the branch of government that carries out laws | Executive Branch
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| the branch of government that interprets laws | Judicial Branch
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| any change in the constitution | Amendment
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| the notion that power lies with the people | Popular Sovereignty
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| principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern | Rule of Law
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| the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. | Seperation of Powers
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| a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of others | Checks and Balances
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| powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution. | Expressed Powers
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| powers that the constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states. | Reserved Powers
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| powers shared by the state and federal governments | Concurrent Powers
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