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citizenship and Cons
American History unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Constitutional Convention | meeting held in Philadelphia to create a new constitution |
| James Madison | a delegate from Virginia who contributed many ideas that shaped the Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a bicameral legislature made up of two groups, or houses, of representatives |
| New Jersey Plan | a plan creating a unicameral, or one-house, legislature |
| Great Compromise | an agreement that gave each state one vote in the upper house of the legislature and a number of representatives based on its population in the lower house |
| 3/5 Compromise | only 3/5 of a state's slaves were counted when deciding representation in Congress |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that political power belongs to the people |
| legislative branch | a congress of two houses that proposes and passes laws |
| executive branch | the president and the departments that help run the government |
| judicial branch | a system of all the national courts |
| checks and balances | a system that keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful |
| federalism | the sharing of power between a central government and the states |
| amendments | official changes to a document |
| Federalists | people who supported the Constitution |
| Federalist Papers | essays supporting the Constitution |
| Antifederalists | people who opposed the Constitution |
| Bill of Rights | constitutional amendments that protect the rights of citizens |
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