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29 Cards in this Set
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The name of the document that set up our country’s first central government
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The Articles of Confederation
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A protest by farmers over taxes in Massachusetts that left eight men dead.
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Shay's Rebellion
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a law that set out a plan for new territories to become states
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Northwest Ordinance
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to become a state
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statehood
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This plan said that the central government should have 3 branches. It called for houses of Congress based on population.
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Virginia Plan
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A plan that gave small and large states an equal number of representatives.
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New Jersey Plan
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The __________________________ branch would make the laws and raise taxes for the central government.
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Legislative Branch
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The ___________________ is the head of the Legislative Branch
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Congress
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The ________________branch would carry out the laws made by the Congress.
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Executive
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The ________________ is the head of the Executive Branch
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President
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The ______________________ branch would decide the meaning of the laws.
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Judicial
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The head of the judicial branch is the __________________________.
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Supreme Court
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When each side gives up something that it wants in order to reach an agreement.
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compromise
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The plan called the ___________________________________________ said that Congress would have two separate houses, one based on state population and one based on equal state representation.
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Great Compromise
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In which branch of Congress are the state’s representatives based on population?
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House of Representatives
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In which branch of Congress does each state have 2 representatives?
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Senate
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additions to the Constitution
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Amendments
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The introduction to a document such as the Constitution
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Preamble
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when people hold the power in the country
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democracy
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When power is divided between the states and the central government is called a __________________ of government
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federal system
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System in which one branch of government is balanced by another and keeps one branch of government from having too much power.
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Checks and Balances
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_________________ means that the president can refuse to approve the law.
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veto
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When new needs arise people can change or ________________________ the Constitution.
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amend
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to officially approve
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ratify
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Supporters of the Constitution were called ____________________________.
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Federalists
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Opponents of the Constitution were called _____________________________.
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Anti-Federalists
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a document that describes the basic rights of the people.
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Bill of Rights
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A government body to help the President run the government and is made up of the secretaries of government departments and the Attorney General.
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Cabinet
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groups of people who share similar ideas about government.
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political parties
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