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WSHS - 2nd Period - C/E - Chapter 3 Terms - Boyd/Tedder

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Bicameral   a legislature that is divided into two houses or parts  
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Ratify   to approve  
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Constitution   where the basic principles and laws of a nation are outlined  
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Confederation   a group of individuals who band together for a common purpose  
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Great Compromise   the document that resolved the disagreement among delegates on how to set up Congress  
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Constitutional Convention   where the Congressional delegates met to write a new constitution in 1787, in Philadelphia  
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Electoral college   a group of people who help to select the president and the vice president  
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Antifederalists   a group that felt the Constitution gave too much power to the national government  
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Federalism   when power is divided between the national government and the states  
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Three/fifths compromise   the agreement that outlined the representation that enslaved persons would have in government  
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Federalists   people who supported the Constitution proposed in 1787  
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Amendment   a change to the Constitution  
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Preamble   the Constitution’s opening section  
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Executive branch   the branch headed by the government  
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Legislative branch   the branch that includes Congress, which is the lawmaking authority  
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Judicial branch   the part of government that interprets laws and sees that they are applied fairly  
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Rule of law   limits government so it says that a law applies to everyone, even those who govern  
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Checks and balances   a system that oversees that the branches of government prevent one another from using too much power  
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Reserved powers   powers given to the states, that includes regulating trade within state boarders and establishing schools  
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Separation of powers   the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches  
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Concurrent powers   powers that may be exercised by both state and national governments  
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Expressed powers   powers known as enumerated powers that are specifically granted to the national government  
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Popular sovereignty   the belief that government is created by and subject to the will of the people and is strongly supported in the Declaration of Independence  
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