Unit 6: The Critical Period Vocabulary

To make a change to the Constitution

• constitution

• amendment

• Great Compromise

• Bill of Rights

America's first constitution

• Executive Branch

• New Jersey Plan

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

Meeting of state representatives to revise the Articles of Confederation

• Republic

• Northwest Ordinance

• Constitutional Convention

• Constitution

Branch of government that carries out the laws: President

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Constitutional Convention

Branch of government that passes the laws (Congress)

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Constitutional Convention

Branch of government that interprets the meaning of laws, applies laws to individual cases, and decides if laws violate the Constitution (Supreme Court)

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Constitutional Convention

Small state plan that called for three branches of government with one house

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Monnat/McClintick Plan

Large state plan that called for a strong central government with 3 branches and 2 houses

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Monnat/McClintick Plan

A plan that settled the dispute between large and small states over representation in Congress

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• Monnat/McClintick Plan

Law setting up a system for surveying and settling the Northwest Territory

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Republic

• Constitution