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Vocab Ch. 5
Key Terms for Ch. 5 Civics test SMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anti-Federalists | People who opposed ratification of the Constitution because they feared that a strong central government would endanger people's liberties |
| amendmants | Changes, such as changes to the Constitution |
| bicameral | Two-house, as in a legislature with two houses |
| checks and balances | The ssystem that gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other two |
| federalism | The division of powers between the states and the federal, or national, government |
| Federalists | People who supported ratification of the Constitution because they supported a strong federal, or national, government |
| Great Comprimise | The plan agreed to during the writing of the Constitution that created the House of Represenatives, in which each state was given votes based on its population, and the Senate, in which each state was given equal votes |
| impeach | When a majority of the members of the House of Represenatives accuse the President or other high government officials, such as a federal judge, of serious wrongdoing |
| ratify | Approval of an amendment to the Constitution |
| reserved powers | Powers that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the states |
| concurrent powers | Powers shared by the federal and state governments |
| Three-Fifths Comprimise | The plan agreed to during the writing of the Constitution that counted each slave as 3/5s of a person when a state's population was calculated |
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