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Chapter 10 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Federal powers | powers of government that are reserved for the central (federal) government |
| Reserved powers | powers left strictly to the state governments |
| Antifederalists | people who feared too strong of a central government; did not favor the Constitution |
| Articles of Confederation | tuned out to be a plan of government that was too weak and was revised to create a stronger central government |
| Executive Branch | - president, cabinet, FBI - enforce the laws |
| Constitution | - stronger central government - three branches of central government - one standard currency (dollar) - collected federal taxes |
| Constitutional Convention | a meeting in Philadelphia to either improve the Articles of Confederation or start a new plan to replace it |
| Virginia Plan | a plan that would include three branches of government; it also said that bigger states should have more representatives in Congress |
| New Jersey Plan | a plan in response to the Virginia Plan suggesting that each state have the same number of representatives |
| Great Compromise | created two houses in Congress |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | a compromise that counted only 3/5 of the enslaved people in a slave state |
| Preamble | the introductory sentence of the Constitution |
| Separation of powers | powers are spread out over three branches of government so that no one branch of government so that no one branch or person becomes too powerful |
| Shays Rebellion | an uprising of Massachusetts farmers against high property taxes that were bankrupting farmers |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | an official order from the Articles of Confederation Congress describing how to govern the Northwest Territories Examples: Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin |
| Amendment | an addition or change to the Constitution |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments to the Constitution added to please Antifederalists and to encourage more states to ratify |
| Compromise | where each state gives up something to reach an agreement |
| Checks and Balances | guards against any one branch of the government becoming too powerful |
| Legislative Branch | - Congress (Senate) - writes and passes laws |
| Federalists | a group that wanted a strong national government |
| Ratify | to approve a bill |
| Inflation | when prices rise very quickly |
| Judicial Branch | - Supreme Court, lower courts - decide cases, interpret laws (the government is responsible for the court system) |
| Veto | a refusal to sign a bill into law |
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