JAHKMLHS C5 Creating the Constitution
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| show | lawmaking body with only one house
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| show | lawmaking body with two houses
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| show | original constitution for the union of states established a “firm league of friendship” between and among the 13 states
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| show | suggested the colonies form a confederation among themselves before declaring independence from the Crown. He and others were put on a committee to draw up Articles of Confederation
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| show | form of government in which a union of states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority while retaining certain powers of government for themselves
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| Northwest Territory | show 🗑
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| show | specified a system for distributing the public lands of the Northwest Territory
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | show 🗑
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| show | This uprising occurred as farmers took up arms to shut down the courts to block any foreclosure hearings.
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| show | informal meeting of delegates from 5 states and chaired by John Dickinson which attempted to remedy those barriers that limited trade or commerce between the largely independent states under the Articles of Confederation
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| Annapolis Convention | show 🗑
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| Alexander Hamilton | show 🗑
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| show | This man, known as the “Father of the Constitution,” provided the basic blueprint for the Constitution
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| Virginia Plan | show 🗑
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| show | concept of government that favored the small states by allowing one vote per state in the Senate
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| Great Compromise | show 🗑
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| show | division of governing power between a central government and the state governments
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| show | This deal was made so that the Southern states would not reject the Constitution and be able to count their slaves for tax and representation purposes.
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| show | This part of the government is responsible for making the laws.
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| show | This part of the government determines whether laws are constitutional.
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| checks and balances | show 🗑
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| show | duties given to the federal government by the states
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| reserved powers | show 🗑
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| show | duties that are those exercised independently in the same field of legislation by both federal and state governments, as in the case of the power to tax
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| Elastic Clause | show 🗑
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| show | These are the people who actually elect a President. Currently, there are 538 of them.
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| show | This man is given credit for leading the group that proposed the compromise between the large and small states over representation.
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| show | This man introduced the proposal that favored the small states by giving each state only one vote in the legislative body.
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| show | This term refers to the act of bringing charges against a public official and the resulting trial of the charges.
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| show | the official approval of a new concept
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| show | person who wanted to ratify the Constitutio
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| show | a critic of the Constitution and viewed the Constitution as a retreat from liberty
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| The Federalist | show 🗑
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| John Jay | show 🗑
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| show | This term refers to the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
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| show | This term means that the people are the only source of the government’s power.
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| show | This term suggests that the government has only the powers granted by the Constitution.
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| checks and balances | show 🗑
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| show | group of persons chosen from each state who actually elect the President
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| Brutus | show 🗑
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| show | Hamilton’s pseudonym for writing the Federalist papers
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| show | official ratification of the Constitution when New Hampshire ratifies
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| May 25, 1787 | show 🗑
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