Unit 3 Vocabulary Pre-Flashcard

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The first written plan of government for the United States. Ratified in 1781

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Articles of Confederation

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A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution

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Constitutional Convention

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A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

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Constitution

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Adopted at the Constitutional Convention. Established a 2 house congress: House of Representatives (based on population) and Senate (2 per state)

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Great Compromise

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A region of the United States bordered by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

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Northwest Territory

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a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed

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Northwest Ordinance

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a country governed by elected representatives

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Republic

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An agreement at the Constitutional Convention stating enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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The lawmaking part of government. Passes bills into law

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Legislative branch

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the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

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checks and balances