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chapter 5 section3,4

social studies

TermDefinition
amendments An offical change to the Constitution
bicameral A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
bill of rights The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizen's rights and freedoms
federalists supporters of the constitution
judicial branch made up of all the national courts
federal national
sovereignty Supreme power
James madison "Father of the Constitution"
Virginia plan a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty or supreme power to the central government
the new jersey plan Called for a unicameral or one house legislature. The plan gave each state equal number of votes, thus an equal voice in the federal government.
great compromise the agreement to create a two house legislature
three-fifths compromise An agreement to count a slave as three-fifths of a person when determining representation
popular sovereignty the idea that political authority belonged to the people
federalism -it is a system where power is shared between the central government and the states that make up a country
legislative branch congress. A Branch of government that passes laws.
executive branch The branch that the President is in & departments that run the government
checks and balances System designed to keep any 1 branch of government from becoming to powerful
advocate (v.) speak, plead, or argue in favour of
antifederalists People who opposed the constitution
george mason American Patriot who became an Antifederalist and refused to sign the Constitution
unicameral 1 house
constitutional convention a meeting of delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 charged with drawing up amendments to the Articles of Confederation
federalists paper A collection of 85 essays and written anonymously under the name "Publius" to defend the Constitution in detail.
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