the system established by the U.S. Constitution that gives each of the branches of government the power to limit the power of the other two

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Checks and Balances

• Bill of Rights

the section of the U.S. government that includes the courts and legal system, led by the Supreme Court; responsible for interpreting the law; established in Article III of the U.S. Constitution

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Checks and Balances

• Bill of Rights

the section of the U.S. government headed by the president; responsible for enforcing the law of the nation; established in Article II of the U.S. Constitution

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Checks and Balances

• Bill of Rights

the section of the U.S. government led by Congress; responsible for creating and passing laws; established in Article II of the U.S. Constitution

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Checks and Balances

• Bill of Rights

a provision in Article I of the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to make laws concerning foreign trade as well as trade among the states and with Native American nations

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Importation Clause

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Separation of Powers

a provision in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution that prevented free states from emancipating enslaved workers who had escaped from their owners in other states

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Importation Clause

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Separation of Powers

the division of governmental power among the three branches of U.S. government; the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Importation Clause

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Separation of Powers

a provision in Article I of the U.S. Constitution that stated the United States would not consider prohibiting the international slave trade in the United States until 1808

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Importation Clause

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Separation of Powers

the agreement that determined that only three-fifths of the total population of enslaved persons in a state would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Slave Importation Clause

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Commerce Clause

• Separation of Powers

antifederalist

• a person who opposed the U.S. Constitution of 1787 because of its emphasis on a strong national government

• a person who supported the U.S. Constitution of 1787 as it was written during the process of ratification

• a person chosen or elected to represent a group of people

• delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention who helped shape the content and structure of the U.S. Constitution

• the group that elects the U.S. president; each state receives as many electors as it has Congressional Representatives and Senators combined