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Constitution
Vocab and People
Question | Answer |
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Preamble | Introduction to the Constitution |
Convention | meeting |
Bicameral | 2 house legislature; Congress has the Senate and the House of Representatives |
Republic | a form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws |
Compromise | a settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement |
Veto | to reject |
Execute (as, a power) | branch of government that enforces the laws |
Electoral college | representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elects a president |
Elastic clause | a clause that allows Congress to stretch the use of its powers to create laws that are necessary and proper |
Article | one of several main parts of the Constitution |
Constitutional Convention | Convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted the Constitution of the US |
George Washington | president of the Constitutional Convention |
George Mason | leader of the anti-federalists who opposed the ratification of the Constitution |
James Madison | father of the Constitution; leading federalist; author of the Bill of Rights |
Charles de Montesquieu | French Enlightenment thinker; believed separation of powers and having 3 branches of government |
John Locke | British Enlightenment thinker; stated that it was government's duty to protect life, liberty, and property |
William Blackstone | British judge and jurist (legal expert); philosopher that created the idea of checks and balances and this principle is reflected in our Constitution |