Ch. 3 Lesson 2 Vocab

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Agreement providing for a dual system of Congressional representation

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The Great Compromise

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That enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress

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Three-fifths Compromise

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A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

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Electoral College

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A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states

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Federalism

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Supporters of the Constitution

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Federalists

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Opponents of the Constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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meetings of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution

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Constitutional Convention

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a series of essays written to defend the Constitution

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Federalist Papers