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Identifications chp5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Executive Branch | enforce laws |
| Legislative Branch | make laws |
| Judicial Branch | interpret laws |
| Great Compromise | Roger Sherman suggested this to offer a two house Congress to satisfy both small and big states |
| 3/5ths Compromise | 3/5ths of a state's slaves were counted as population |
| Republic | government in which people elect representatives to govern |
| Speculation | led to large market crash's after keeping the market prices unusually high |
| Electoral College | group selected to elect the president, in which each states number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress |
| Anti-Federalists | opposed ratification to the Constitution |
| Interstate Trade | between states |
| Shay's Rebellion | anti-tax protest by farmers led by Daniel Shays in 1787 |
| Commonwealth | republic in mid-17th century the English parliament executed the king and established a republic, which lasted from 1649 to 1660 |
| Federalist Papers | articles put inside The Federalist |
| Federalism | new system of government that divided power between the national government and the state's government |
| States Rights | doctrine based on the tenth amendment; refers to the political powers that the United States possess in relation to the federal government |
| Virginia Plan | Madison proposed this for a bicameral legislature with membership based on each states population |
| Amendment | a change to the Constitution |
| Bill of Rights | first ten amendments passed to protect individual rights |
| Ratification | official approval of the Constitution |
| New Jersey Plan | small state plan |
| Bicameral legislature | two house legislature |
| Republicanism | the idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people |
| The Federalist | series of essays written by the Federalist leaders to defend the Constitution |
| Articles of Confederation | the set of laws that established the first government of the U.S |
| Veto | "I forbid" |
| Checks and Balances | system to prevent one branch from dominating the others |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | law that organized the Northwest territory |
| Federalists | supported change to the Constitution |
| Hard Money | funding by a government or organization, describes bullion coins |
| Majorities | largest parts that could overrule |
| Slave Trade compromise | founding fathers would forget the issue of slavery and put the problem upon the future residents |
| Reserved powers | powers of the state government |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Delegated Powers | powers of the federal government |
| intrastate | inner trade |
| concurrent powers | powers shared by federal and state government |
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