Chapter 3
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Constitution | a detailed, written plan for government |
| Bicameral | legislatures divided into two parts (houses) |
| Governor | carries out laws, elected by the legislature or by the citizens |
| Individual Rights | life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Confederation | a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose |
| Articles of Confederation | established a system for cooperation or "league of friendship" among independent states |
| Ratify | to approve |
| Constitutional Convention | a meeting in Philadelphia where all the delegates set out to strengthen the national government by creating a new plan of government |
| Great Compromise | also known as Connecticut Compromise, where Congress has two houses (Senate and House of Rep.). The house is based on population; the senate is equal representation. |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons |
| Electoral College | a group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
| Federalists | supporters of the Constitution |
| Federalism | a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states |
| Anti-Federalists | those who opposed the Constitution |
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