chapter 3
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Constitution | Written plan for government
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| Bicameral | Like the English Parliament , they were divided into two parts or houses.
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| Confederation | A group of individual state governments
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| Ratify | Approved
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| Constitutional Convention | Meeting in Philadelphia
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| Great Compromise | A compromise is a way of resolving disagreements in which each side gives up something
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| Three-Fifths Compromise | Delegates agrees that ever five enslaved person would count as three free persons.
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| Electoral College | A group of people who would be named by each state legislature
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| Federalists | A form of government in which power is divided between the federal , or national , government and the states
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| Federalism | Supporters of the document
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| Anti-Federalists | Opposed the constitution
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| Preamble | An introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government
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| Legislative Branch | Lawmaking powers
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| Executive Branch | Law-enforcing branch of the government by a president and vice president
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| Judicial Branch | Government that interprets the law and sees that they are fairly applied.
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| Amendment | Any change in the Constitution
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| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that the power of government lies with the people
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| Rule of law | Law applies to everybody even those who govern
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| Separation of powers |
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| Checks and balances | Order to prevent any one of the three branches from being to powerful
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| Expressed powers | The powers specifically granted to the national government
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| Reserved powers | Powers that the constitution does not give to the national government are kept by the states.
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| Concurrent powers | Powers that both levels of government exercise
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