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5th Soc Study #10
5th Grade Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A change, or addition, to the constitution | Amendment |
| People Opposed to the new U.S. Constitution and its emphasis on a strong National Government | AntiFederalist |
| First Plan of government for the United States, in effect from 1781 to 1789. It gave more power to the states than to the central Government | Articles of Confederation |
| First ten Amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791 | Bill of Rights |
| System set up by the Constitution that gives each branch of government the power to check or limit, the power of the other branches | Checks and balances |
| Settlement of a disagreement in which each side agrees to give up part of its demands | compromise |
| Meeting of delegates who met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1787 and replaced the articles of confederation with the constitution | Constitutional Convention |
| Person chosen to represent others | Delegate |
| Part of the government, headed by the President, that carries out the laws | Executive Branch |
| Refers to the national government | Federal |
| supporters of a strong national government and in favor of adopting the Constitution | Federalists |
| Agreement at the constitutional Convention to create a Congress with two houses, first proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut | Great Compromise |
| Economic condition in which prices rise very quickly | Inflation |
| part of the government that decides the meaning of laws | Judicial Branch |
| Part of the government that passes laws | Legislative Branch |
| Proposal during the Constitutional Convention that each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress | New Jersey Plan |
| Federal order that divided the Northwest territory into smaller territories and created a plan for how the territories could become states | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| Introduction to the Constitution, beginning, " We the People of the United States..." | Preamble |
| To officially approve | ratify |
| Powers in the constitution that are left to the individual states | reserved powers |
| division of power among the three branches of the federal government under the constitution | Separation of Powers |
| revolt of Massachusetts farmers against high state taxes, led by Daniel Shays | Shays Rebellion |
| Series of essays in 1787 and 1788 by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Jon Jay that urged support of the new Constitution | The Federalist |
| agreement made at the Constitutional Convention that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would be counted for representation and tax purposes | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress | Veto |
| Proposal during the Constitutional Convention that Congress be given greater power over the states and that large states have more representatives in Congress than small states | Virginia Plan |
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