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Unit 4 Vocab
Constitutional Development
Term | Definition |
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Articles of Confederation | America's first written government after the Revolutionary War |
Constitution | A set of basic laws for a country |
Constitutional Convention | A meeting in Philadelphia, designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
The Great Compromise | A bicameral Legislature (2 house Congress) House of Representatives - Based on population |
Ratification | The official way to confirm something |
3/5s Compromise | 3 out of 5 states will count toward population totals when deciding number of representatives in the House of Representatives |
Bi-Cameral | Having 2 branches |
The Bill of Rights | The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution |
Amendment Process | Two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate |
Federalist | Supported a strong federal government and were in favor of passing the Constitution as it was written |
Anti-Federalist | Supported stronger state governments and would not pass the Constitution until a Bill of Rights protecting individual freedoms was passed |
Override | Congress can overrule a President's veto with 2/3 majority |
Veto | President opposes a proposed law |
1st Amendment | Constitution of United States of America 1789 |
Judicial Review | The process under which executive and legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary |
Judicial Branch | Interprets the laws (Supreme Court) |
Executive Branch | Enforces the laws (President) |
Legislative Branch | Makes the laws (Congress) |
Congress | The Legislative Branch of the United States federal government, composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate. |
Checks and Balances | The 3 branches check on each other to ensure that no branch gets too much power |