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Social Studies Ch 13
Question | Answer |
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delegate | a person chosen by people to represent them. White men who owned property. |
Constitution | May 1787. A new plan of government which replaced the Articles of Confederation. |
amendments | additions to the Constitution |
veto | to refuse to approve |
President can check Congress's power | President can veto laws |
Judicial branch | Supreme Court. Their job is to decide the meaning of laws. |
Legislative Branch | Congress. Their job is to make laws and raise money for government (taxes) |
Executive branch | President. His job is to carry out laws and run the government. |
Northwest Ordinance | When there are 60,000 people in a territory it could become a state. Promised settlers the same rights as all Americans except they couldn't enslave people. |
James Madison | He was a planter known as "The Father of the Constitution" |
Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution. Protects freedom of religion, speech, and the press. |
Federal Government | A system of government in which power is shared between the national government and the state governments. The United States has this. |
First president of the United States. | George Washington. |
Cabinet | Group of men who helped the president make informed decisions. |
Checks and balances | Keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. |
First plan of government adopted by congress. | Articles of Confederation. The country was run by Congress, but the power remained with the states. |
Federalist Party | Run by Alexander Hamilton. He believed in a strong federal government, great cities, and busy factories. |
Republican Party | Run by Thomas Jefferson. He believed in peaceful, self-sufficient farms. |
Preamble | Found at the beginning of the Constitution. It lists the Constitution's goals. |
Great Compromise | Congress had two houses. The senate had two members from each state. The House of Representatives was based on population. |
Republic | Type of government where people elect representatives to run the country. |