democracy Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| bicameral | A two house legislature. US Congress = House of Representatives and The US Senate |
| federalism | A government where power is divided between the national level and state level (Ex: enumerated powers and implied powers = national; reserved powers = state; concurrent powers = both) |
| federalist | A person who supported a strong national/central government like in the US Constitution (James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay) |
| anti-federalist | A person who supported stronger state and local governments like in the Articles of Confederation (Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Sam Adams) |
| Constitutional convention (1787) | A meeting of delegates in Philadelphia to write the U.S. Constitution |
| Virginia Plan | A proposal that the US Congress be bicameral and strictly based on a state’s population (obviously small states did not like this plan) |
| New Jersey Plan | A proposal that the US Congress be unicameral and strictly based on equal representation (each state sends the same amount of people). Obviously, big states hated this plan. |
| Connecticut (Great) Compromise | The final plan for Congress that satisfied big states and small states. Congress would be bicameral. One house would be based on population (HOR) |
| ⅗ compromise | A compromise to satisfy southern states by allowing slaves to count as ⅗ of a person toward their population; this means more representation in the HOR. |
| Federalist papers | Essays written by federalists (James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay) to convince people why a strong federal gov’t (the US Constitution) would be the best |
| Electoral college | Group of 538 people who officially choose the President and VP of the United States after the people have voted. |
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