SS Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Shays Rebellion | armed uprising of farmers, led by Daniel Shays in January 1787 |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | A law passed by the Continental Congress. It allowed for the addition of new states to the union by organizing the land in the northwest area of the U.S. |
Amendment | a change make in bill or motion |
anti-federalist | believed in a weak national government |
federalist | believed in a strong national government |
Bill of Rights | The name for the first 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution. These amendments guarantee many personal freedoms and serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property |
Popular sovereignty | the idea that the authority for the government comes from the people |
federalism | dividing government powers up between the national government and the states government |
representative democracy | the idea that the government derives its power from the people. Voters elect representatives to exercise power for them, including the President, senators, and representatives |
protective tariff | to encourage Americans to manufacture their own goods |
democratic-republicans | group that opposed Alexander Hamilton's ideas |
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