Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Vocab

Confederation

• The southern states during the Civil War

• A group of small states

• A joining of several groups for a common purpose

• Several federal groups

Debt

• something, typically money, that is owed or due

• something you want

• something you don't want

• something people owe to credit cards

Defense

• One side of a football team on the field

• A side of an argument

• used to attack others

• protection from harm

domestic

• native to a country, not foreign; relating to the life or affairs of a household

• foreign to a country; relating to the life or affairs outside of a household

• animals that are tamed

• people who work around a home, like a maid

insure

• to make sure

• ensure

• ensure, to make sure

• to keep from harm, like insurance

justice

• keeping everything equal

• fairness, rightfulness

• getting what's coming to you

• being in the right

ordain does not mean

• to establish by law or command

• to appoint to an official position

• to destine

• to approve

Use one of the unit vocabulary words to fill in the blank.

I will pass on my property to my _____________.

• ancestors

• posterity

• great grandson

• daughter

preamble

• Introduction to the Declaration of Independence

• Introduction to the Magna Carta

• Introduction to the Constitution

• Introduction to the Mayflower Compact

Use one of the unit vocabulary words to fill in the blank.

She found _______________________ because she moved to the country.

• union

• tranquility

• posterity

• justice