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Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Representative Assembly
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Unicameral Legislature
a legislature composed of individuals who represent the popula…
Rights held to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on go…
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights…
A legislature with only one legislative chamber, as opposed to…
Representative Assembly
a legislature composed of individuals who represent the popula…
Natural Rights
Rights held to be inherent in natural law, not dependent on go…
Articles of Confederation
limited government
monarchy
republicanism
Sent to the states for ratification in 1777, these were the fi…
A political system in which the powers of the government are r…
A form of government in which power is held by a single person…
As understood by James Madison and the framers, the belief tha…
Articles of Confederation
Sent to the states for ratification in 1777, these were the fi…
limited government
A political system in which the powers of the government are r…
political culture
American creed
equality
individualism
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
the value that all Americans should be treated the same under…
a belief that all individuals should be able to succeed to the…
political culture
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
American creed
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
bicameral legislature
checks and balances
confederation
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new contitut…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers; the US Co…
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
A political system in which states or regional government reta…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new contitut…
bicameral legislature
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers; the US Co…
political culture
American creed
equality
individualism
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
the value that all Americans should be treated the same under…
a belief that all individuals should be able to succeed to the…
political culture
the values and beliefs of citizens toward the political system…
American creed
the dominant political culture in the United States, marked by…
NCAAP
Indentured Servants
Salutary Neglect
Compacts
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
A colonial American settler contracted to work for a fixed per…
The English policy ignoring colonies, it permitted the colonie…
A mutual agreement that provides for joint action to achieve d…
NCAAP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Indentured Servants
A colonial American settler contracted to work for a fixed per…
bicameral legislature
checks and balances
electoral college
federal system
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers; the US Co…
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
A group of people named by each state legislature to select th…
A system of government in which power is divided between a cen…
bicameral legislature
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers; the US Co…
checks and balances
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
bicameral legislature
checks and balances
confederation
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers. The U.S.…
A major principle of the American system of government whereby…
A political system in which states or regional governments ret…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
bicameral legislature
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers. The U.S.…
French and Indian War
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
A ware fought between France and England, and allied Indians,…
The political document that dissolved the colonial ties betwee…
The rules that establish a government.
The first constitution of the United States (1777), creating a…
French and Indian War
A ware fought between France and England, and allied Indians,…
Declaration of Independence
The political document that dissolved the colonial ties betwee…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
The 1st Continental Congress? A meeting…
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
*Passed a resolution for colonies to send a petition to Great…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
3/5 Compromise
Anti-Federalist
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
This was an agreement between northern and southern states at…
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
America's first set of laws which created a confederate govern…
A legislature made up of two chambers or parts. The U.S. Congr…
3/5 Compromise
This was an agreement between northern and southern states at…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Popular Tyranny
Federalists
anti federalist
electoral college
the unrestrained power of the people
supporters of the constitution who favored a strong central go…
advocates of states rights who opposed the constitution
an intermediary body that elects the president
Popular Tyranny
the unrestrained power of the people
Federalists
supporters of the constitution who favored a strong central go…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Anti-Federalists
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral
Charter
Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution…
Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after t…
An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two bra…
A city's basic law, its constitution; a written grant of autho…
Anti-Federalists
Those persons who opposed the ratification of the Constitution…
Articles of Confederation
Plan of government adopted by the continental congress after t…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They provide for…
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual…
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
bicameralism
America's first written constitution. Adopted by the Continent…
An agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787…
An agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787…
The division of a legislative body into two chambers, or houses
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual…
America's first written constitution. Adopted by the Continent…
Great Compromise
An agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787…