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Constitutional Era I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person in figuring southern states population for membership in the House of Congress. | 3/5 Compromise |
| Is a representative democracy. People elect representatives who then make the laws. | Republic |
| Father of the Constitution, Wrote the Virginia Plan, led debates during Constitutional Convention. | James Madison |
| Was the first attempt at a workable gov’t in the U.S. | Articles of Confederation |
| Is paper money. | Currency |
| Served as the Constitutional Convention’s chairman. Was a highly respected man. | George Washington |
| Proposed a federal gov’t of three separate branches. Legislative, Judicial, Executive. The more population the state had the more votes you got in the House of Reps. | Virginia Plan |
| Provided a two house legislature. House of Represenatives: population determined how many. Senate: Each state would have 2 members of the Senate. | Great Compromise |
| A change or addition put into a constitution or a law. | Amendment |
| System that divides the gov’ts powers between a central gov’t and several smaller regional gov’ts (states). | Federalism |
| System that divides governmental power among three separate, independent and coequal branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. | Separation of Powers |
| When state law conflicts with federal law, then federal law overrides the state law. | Supremacy Clause |
| The power of the President to stop a bill from becoming a law. | Veto |
| The first ten amendments to the Constitution, lists the people’s rights that gov’t must guarantee. | Bill of Rights |
| All states would have equal representation. Each state would now receive only 1 vote. | New Jersey Plan |
| Are agreements in which both sides get part of what they want but neither side gets all of what it wants. | Compromise |
| Means to trade. | Commerce |
| Branch of government that enforces the laws and lead by the President. | Executive |
| Branch of government that interprets or explains the laws and lead by Supreme Court. | Judicial |
| Branch of government that makes laws and is lead by Congress. | Legislative |
| Patrick Henry and George Mason opposed the Constitution, they were known as...? | Anti-Federalist |
| George Washington and James Madison supported the Constitution, they were known as...? | Federalist |
| Trade without government regulations or rules. | Free Market |
| Where Constitutional Convention was held? | Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia |
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