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Constitution
VA/US History Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | America's first government, it was too weak and ineffective, so it was replaced |
| Constitution | new government that was created to replace the Articles of Confederation |
| federalism | system where states and the national government share power |
| Bill of Rights | was added to the Constitution to get the support of Anti-Federalists |
| 3/5 Compromise | decided to count 3/5 of a state's slaves in the population for the purposes of representation |
| Great Compromise | resolved conflicts over representation in Congress by creating two houses (bicameral) |
| Federalists | people who supported the strong central government created by the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalists | people who did not support the Constitution because they thought it made the national government too strong |
| checks and balances | system where the branches of government can check each the power of the others to keep them from being too strong |
| separation of powers | system where the power of government is split up between different branches |
| Virginia Declaration of Rights | list of rights written by George Mason that was a model for the U.S. Bill of Rights |
| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | outlawed state-sponsored churches in Virginia; written by Thomas Jefferson |
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