Ch 10 Vocabulary Flashcards

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ratify

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To approve something

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Legislative branch

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Which branch of the government is responsible for passing laws?

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Shays’ Rebellion

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A movement by farmers to protest high taxes

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The purpose of the checks and balances

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To guard against any one branch of the government becoming too powerful

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The Great Compromise

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An agreement to create Congress with 2 houses

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Preamble

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The introduction to the Constitution beginning “We the people of the United States...”

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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An agreement that three out of every five slaves would be counted for population and taxation

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Federalists

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Formerly nationalist group that wanted a strong national government

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amendment

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An addition or change to the Constitution

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"Reserved powers"

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Powers in the Constitution that are left to individual states