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chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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construction | a detailed, written plan for government |
bicameral | a legislature consisting of two pats or houses |
confederation | a group of individuals or state governments |
ratify | to vote approval of |
constitution convention | meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of review constitution |
great compromise | agreement to providing a dual system of congressional representation |
three fifths compromise | agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three fifths of other persons in determining representation in congress |
electoral college | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president or vice president. |
federalist | supporters of the constitution |
federalism | a form of government in which power is divided between the federal or national government and the states |
anti-federalist | those who opposed ratification of the constitution |
preamble | the opening, section of the Constitution |
legislature branch | the law making branch of the government |
executive branch | the branch of government that carries out laws |
judicial branch | the branch of government that interprets laws |
amendment | any change in the constitution |
popular sovereignty | the notion that power lies with the people |
rule of law | principle that law applies to everyone, even those who govern. |
separation of powers | the split of authority among the legislature, executive, and judicial branches |
checks and balances | a system in which each branch of government is able to check ,or restrain the power of others |
expressed powers | powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution |
reserved powers | power that the constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states |
concurrent powers | powers shared by the state and the federal government |