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Thurston Civics 5
Chapter 5 Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bicameral | two-house |
| Great Compromise | Decided the issue of the number of representatives in the House and the Senate. |
| Three-fifths compromise | Counted each slave as three-fifths of a person when a state's population was calculated. |
| Ratified | Approved |
| Federalists | Supported the Constitution because they supported a strong National government. |
| Anti-Federalists | The opponents of the Constitution. |
| amendments | changes |
| federalism | division of power between the states and the federal or national government. |
| reserved powers | powers that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the States (schools, police) |
| checks and balances | Gives each branch of government ways to limit the powers. |
| impeach | accuse |
| concurrent powers | powers shared by the federal and state governments. |