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Government Unit

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Constitution   Document written over 200 years ago – Final authority in the U.S. When it was ratified made the U.S. a republic – gave the Federal Government more power than the Articles of Confederation  
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TYPES OF GOVERNMENT   Monarchy, Communism, Democracy, Dictatorship  
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Republic   A government in which citizens rule through elected officials  
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Amend   To change  
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Ratify   To Approve  
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Cabinet   The President’s Advisers  
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Federalism   Sharing of power between federal and state governments  
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Bill of Rights   First 10 Amendments  
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Articles of Confederation   First U.S. plan of government or constitution. Made the state governments more powerful than the federal government.  
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Constitutional Convention   A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 called to revise the Articles of Confederation  
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Three-Fifths Compromise   Agreement between north and south states that would count a percentage of the slave population in deciding representation.  
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New Jersey Plan   A plan that each state would have one vote no matter the size of the state  
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Virginia Plan   A plan that called for 3 branches of government with each state's representation based on population  
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Great Compromise   Agreement between big and small states with a Senate with equal members and a House of Representatives determined by population  
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