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CH. 6 and 7 vocab
chapters 6 and 7 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | the nation's first constitution |
| Constitutional Convention | drafted the Constitution of the U.S. Took place in Philidelphia in 1787 |
| ratification | the approval of a plan of government or of a constitutional amendment |
| ordinance | a law that sets local regulations |
| Northwest Ordinance | a law passed by Congress in 1787 specifying how western lands would be governed |
| interstate commerce | a trade between states |
| tariffs | import taxes |
| economic depression | a drasic decline in the economy marked by buisness failures and unemployment |
| Constitution of the United States | a document of the plan of government in the U.S. |
| seperation of powers | three part government (judicial, executive, and legislative) |
| checks and balances | a system that limited the power of the branches over each other |
| bicameral legislature | a lawmaking body made up of two houses |
| Electoral College | a body made you of electors from each state who would cast voted to elect the president and vice president |
| Great Compromise | the compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention on representation in Congress, with each state represented equally in the Senate and whith representation in the House based on stat population |
| Federalists | people who supported the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalists | people who preferred a loose association of states with a weaker central government |
| Preamble | first part of Constitution; describes the purpose of the document and the government is creates |
| impeach | charge a person with an offense committed while in office |
| Congress | the legislative branch of the federal government, consisting of the Senate and House of Represenatives |
| elastic cause | the constitutional clause that gives Congress authority to "make all laws which shall be neccessary and proper" to carry out its powers |
| cheif executive | the president and the head of the executive branch |
| federal judiciary | federal court system |
| independent judiciary | a ststem in which judges cannot be removed or have their salaries reduced for making unpopular decisions |
| percedents | court decisions used as guides in deciding similar cases |
| judicial review | the power to review an action of the legislative or executive branch and declare it unconstitutional |
| federalism | the division of power between the federal and state governments |
| delegated powers | a power that the Constitution delegates or grants to Congress and therefore to the national government |
| reserved powers | a power that the Constitution does not delegate to Congress or deny to the states and is therefore reserved to the states or the people |
| concurrent powers | a power that the Constitution delegates to Congress but does not deny to the states |
| supremacy clause | the constitutional clause affirming that the Constitution and federal laws are the supreme law of the land |
| special interest groups | organizations whose members share a specific interest or concern and want to influence policymaking |
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