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Chapter 6 Access
Getting A Constitution Chapter 6 vocabulary from Access American History
Term | Definition |
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convention | a meeting |
compromise | a way of settling a disagreement in which each side gets part of what it wants |
delegate | a person sent to a meeting to represent others |
debate | a formal talk between two people who have different opinions |
Bill of Rights | The First 10 Amendments of the Constitution |
United States Constitution | The law that sets up the American federal government and gives power to the states and the people of the United States. |
federal government | the central government of the United States |
Philadelphia | The city which is capital of the American state of Pennsylvania and held the first and second Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. |
Articles of Confederation | The law that set up the first government of the United States |
Ratify | to approve something formally into law |
amendments | additions or changes to the Constitution |
Houses of Congress | The two parts of the American legislature. The houses of congress are the Senate and the House of Representatives. |