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WSHS C/E Chap 3
WSHS - 2nd Period - C/E - Chapter 3 Terms - Boyd/Tedder
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bicameral | a legislature that is divided into two houses or parts |
| Ratify | to approve |
| Constitution | where the basic principles and laws of a nation are outlined |
| Confederation | a group of individuals who band together for a common purpose |
| Great Compromise | the document that resolved the disagreement among delegates on how to set up Congress |
| Constitutional Convention | where the Congressional delegates met to write a new constitution in 1787, in Philadelphia |
| Electoral college | a group of people who help to select the president and the vice president |
| Antifederalists | a group that felt the Constitution gave too much power to the national government |
| Federalism | when power is divided between the national government and the states |
| Three/fifths compromise | the agreement that outlined the representation that enslaved persons would have in government |
| Federalists | people who supported the Constitution proposed in 1787 |
| Amendment | a change to the Constitution |
| Preamble | the Constitution’s opening section |
| Executive branch | the branch headed by the government |
| Legislative branch | the branch that includes Congress, which is the lawmaking authority |
| Judicial branch | the part of government that interprets laws and sees that they are applied fairly |
| Rule of law | limits government so it says that a law applies to everyone, even those who govern |
| Checks and balances | a system that oversees that the branches of government prevent one another from using too much power |
| Reserved powers | powers given to the states, that includes regulating trade within state boarders and establishing schools |
| Separation of powers | the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
| Concurrent powers | powers that may be exercised by both state and national governments |
| Expressed powers | powers known as enumerated powers that are specifically granted to the national government |
| Popular sovereignty | the belief that government is created by and subject to the will of the people and is strongly supported in the Declaration of Independence |
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