Separation of Powers:

The idea that that power should be divided equally among three distinct branches that would be responsible for making laws, enforcing laws, and interpreting laws.

Each branch would have the ability to limit the power of the other two through a series of checks and balances.

The Branch that carries out laws.

The Branch that evaluates laws.

What/Who would be the head of the Judicial Branch

States would be granted a specific number of electors equal to their numbers of senators and representatives in Congress.

The man from Connecticut who crafted the Great Compromise.

He proposed a legislative branch with two houses.

three-Fifths Compromise

Increased the power of white voters in the South at the expense of enslaved African Americans, who were each counted as less than a full person.

Slave Importation Clause

Stating that Congress could not ban the importation of slaves for 20 years and that the tax on importing an enslaved person could not exceed $10 per person.

Fugitive Slave Clause

This clause barred people who had escaped slavery in the South from living as free people in northern states.

Gave Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”

Meant that no tax could be charged on trade between states.

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Term	Definition
Separation of Powers:	The idea that that power should be divided equally among three distinct branches that would be responsible for making laws, enforcing laws, and interpreting laws.
Checks and Balances:	Each branch would have the ability to limit the power of the other two through a series of checks and balances.
Executive Branch	The Branch that carries out laws.
Judicial Branch	The Branch that evaluates laws.
Legislative Branch:	The Branch that makes laws.
Supreme Court	What/Who would be the head of the Judicial Branch
Electoral College:	States would be granted a specific number of electors equal to their numbers of senators and representatives in Congress.
Roger Sherman	The man from Connecticut who crafted the Great Compromise.
Great Compromise	He proposed a legislative branch with two houses.
three-Fifths Compromise	Increased the power of white voters in the South at the expense of enslaved African Americans, who were each counted as less than a full person.
Slave Importation Clause	Stating that Congress could not ban the importation of slaves for 20 years and that the tax on importing an enslaved person could not exceed $10 per person.
Fugitive Slave Clause	This clause barred people who had escaped slavery in the South from living as free people in northern states.
Commerce Clause	Gave Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”
Common Market	Meant that no tax could be charged on trade between states.

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