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social studies
constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Domestic Tranquility | Peace at home |
| Posterity | All future generations of people |
| Annapolis Convention | meeting in 1786, 12 delegates from five states (New jersey,New York, Pennsylvania,Delaware, and virginina) |
| Slavery | A system under which people are treated as property to be brought and sold, and are forced to work |
| constitution convention | May 25th to September 17th, 1787, in Philadelphia, to address problems in governing the United States of America |
| Jame Madison | American statesman: political theorist and the fourth President of the United States: drafted constitution |
| New Jersey Plan | Plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan: one-vote-per-state: presented by William Paterson |
| Virginia Plan | Proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch:James Madison drafted |
| Proportional Representation | The number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received |
| Great Compromise | Connecticut Compromise: an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 |
| Three- fifths Compromise | Compromise reached between delegates from Southern states and those from northern states: slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person when voting |
| Equal Representation | The principal that each vote must have equal value and election districts must have equal populations |
| Ratify | sign or give formal consent to making it officially valid |
| Roger Sherman | American lawyer and politician: as well as Founding Father of the United States |
| Suffrage | The right to vote gained through the democratic process |
| Federalism | Division of power between State and National Governments |
| Popular Sovereignty | The ability for a country to control its own affairs |
| Separation of Power | No branch hold too much power |
| bill | Law put before a legislature |
| Veto | Unilaterally stop an official action |
| Override | Procedure employed by legislatures: a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate |
| Checks and balances | No one branch could vote something in without the other two given their option |
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