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Unit 3 Constitution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Preamble | introduces the constitution ,explains why it was written , states why the power of goverment comes from the people |
| Amendment | adresses the way our goverment works |
| Bill of rights | First 10 amendments that protect the rights of each individual cititzen |
| Articles | follows the preamble , explains how the Goverment should work |
| Expressed Powers | national goverment |
| Reserved powers | state goverments |
| Concurrent powers | given to both levels of goverment |
| legislative branch | congress makes the laws |
| executive branch | president , vice president , and cabinet , enforces laws |
| judicial branch | supreme and federal courts , protects laws |
| checks and balances | prevents the abuse of power by keeping any one branch from being to powerful |
| seperation of powers | the division of each goverment into three divisions |
| federalism | the division of power between state and national goverment |
| popular soveriegnty | power lies with the people recieves power from consent of the governed |
| rule of law | no one is above the law |
| federalists | people who wanted ratification of the constitution |
| anti-federalists | people who were against ratification of the constitution |
| constitutional convention | convention held on May 14,1787 in Phyladelphia Pennslvania to revise the Articles of confederation |
| virginia plan | wanted representatives based on population |
| new jersey plan | wanted representatives based on equal reprensentation |
| great compromise | house representatives divided into two parts one for population one for equal reprensentation |
| three fifths compromise | three out of every 5 slaves would be counted as the population |
| commerce compromise | granted congress the right to regulate foreign commerce |
| shay's rebellion | farmers protested because they were getting taxed |
| george washington | first president |
| benjamin franklin | oldest delegate nickname father of the constitution |
| james madison | wrote virginia plan |
| daniel shays | lead shay's rebellion |
| originalism | original way of the constitution |
| interpretivism | different way of the constitution |
| what are the three branches of goverment | leglislative,executive,reprensatatives |
| when was the constitution held | may 14 , 1787 |
| how many parts are there in the constitution , what are they | 3 articles amendments and preamble |
| How many amendments have been made to the constitution | 27 |
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