Constitution Key Terms

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

• Electoral College

• Amendments

• Anti-Federalists

• Executive Branch

To formally approve something

• Ratification

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Federalism

The idea of providing power to different branches of government

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Separation of Powers

• Legislative Branch

Those people that were in support of a strong federal government.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Electoral College

A collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton and others promoting the ratification of the US Constitution

• Amendment

• Constitution

• Federalist Papers

• Virginia Plan

A proposal for the structure of the US government offered by small states that wanted 2 votes per state

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Articles

• Checks and Balances

A person who represents others

• Separation of Powers

• Convention

• Delegate

• Electoral College

A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• Constitution

• Executive Branch

• Bill of Rights

• Ratification

A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power

• Checks and Balances

• Executive Branch

• Separation of Powers

• Legislative Branch

A settlement of differences by each side giving in a little in order to reach an agreement.

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Amendment

• Compromise