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The Constitution
The Constitution and Government of the United States of America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Constitutional Convention | Meeting in 1787 where representatives from the colonies met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation |
| The Great Compromise | The legislative will be bicameral (2 houses). The House of Representatives will be based on population, and the Senate will have two Senators per state. |
| Legislative Branch | Branch of government that creates and passes laws |
| Executive Branch | Branch of government that enforces the laws. To enforce laws means to make sure that people follow and respect them. |
| Judicial Branch | Branch of government that interprets laws. They look at the law and determine if it is allowed by the constitution. Good laws=CONSTITUTIONAL Bad law=UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
| Compromise | a settlement in which each side gives up some of the its demands in order to reach an agreement. |
| Three Fifths Comrpomise | 3 out of every 5 slaves would count towards a states population when determining how many representatives would be allowed for a state in the House of Representatives. |
| 20 Year Comrpomise | an agreement that allowed for the slave trade to continue for 20 years and would give the congress authority to outlaw it after that period of time. |
| Republic | a government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives. |
| Electoral College | Every four years delegates from each state vote for President based upon their states election results. |
| Checks and Balances | system where each branch of the federal government has some way to check or limit the power of the other two branches. |
| Bills | proposed laws |
| veto | a presidential power to reject bills |
| Representative Government | government where people elect public officials to make laws and other decisions for them |
| Popular Sovereignty | idea that the people hold the final authority in goverment |
| Federalism | division of power between the state and national governments |
| Separation Powers | principal where the powers of government are divided between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. |
| Unconstitutional | when the Supreme Court interprets the law and determines that the law is not allowed by the constitution. |
| override | power under checks and balances where the legislative branch can still make a bill into a law after a presidential veto. 2/3rds vote needed by both houses of congress. |
| amendments | formal written changes to the Constitution-27 in total |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Protected individual rights. |
| First Amendment | amendment where your freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly is protected. |
| Second Amendment | amendment where your freedom to own guns "bear arms" is protected. |
| Fourth Amendment | amendment where you are protected from the government from unreasonable searches and seizures. |
| Fifth Amendment | amendment where you are given rights if you are accused of a crime. example: you do not have to be a witness to yourself in a court of law. |
| Eighth Amendment | amendment where you are protected from being given unreasonable bail, and are protected from unusual punishments.q |
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