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History Ch 5
Question | Answer |
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several organizations that the first government of the U.S. lacked | military and national bank system |
Virginia Statue Religious Freedom act meant | declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money |
3 branches of government | Legislative, Judicial, Executive |
duties of the executive branch | includes the president and enforces laws it also includes the Department heads |
duties of the legislative branch | made up of Congress- house and senete, porposing and passing laws |
duties of the judicial branch | made up of national courts, interprets laws, punishes criminals, settles disputes between states |
purpose of Checks and Balances system | keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful |
3/5 Compromise | only 3/5 of a states slave population would count when determining representation |
Magna Carter | was a document that required that the king had to follow the same rules as the people |
people that didn't support the Constitution | Antifederalists |
Bill of Rights | protected the peoples rights, and was also stated the first 10 amendments |
people that could vote | only white men that owned land |
problem that the U.S. had with Britain after the Revolution ended | Britain didn't want to trade |
popular sovereignty | the idea that political authority belongs to the people |
a person that played major role in the drafing of the Constitution | James Madison |
system called that established the sharing of the power between the state and national governments | Federalism |