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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constitution | a declorashon plan for goverment |
| bicameral | a legislater cnsisting of two parts or housees |
| confederation | a group of indevigiwols or state goverment |
| ratify | to vote appruval |
| costetushonol convention | meeting of state deligets 1787 leding to adopchin of the new costetushon |
| grate compromise | a goverment providing a dual syistomo congres |
| three fifths compromise | an agrement whwe there afrokin votes cont as one vote |
| electoral college | a grup of pepole named by the legislathur to select presodint and vice presodint |
| federalists | soprters of the constitushon |
| anti federalists | thos how aposd the ratifacashon of the constetushon |
| federalism | a form of govermint devided betwen fedrol, goverment,and states |
| preamble | the oponing secshon of the costetushon |
| legislative branch | the law macking branch of the govermint |
| executive branch | the branch of govermint that cares out law |
| judicial branch | a branch of govermint that interprits law |
| amendment | any chang in the constetushon |
| popular severity | the noshin that power liys withe the pepol |
| rule of law | that the law applise to evryone evin thos how govern |
| separation of powers | the split athority betwen judishol, legislativ, and executiv branch of govermint |
| checks and balances | a sistom in ech branch of govermint is abol to check or restran power |
| exprest powers | powers that congeras has that is spesholy listed in the constetushon |
| reserved powers | powers that the constetushon dose not givethe govermint but is cept by the stats |
| concurrent powers | powers shard by bothe the state and fedrol govermint |