Articles of Confederation Vocabulary Test

the belief that the government must listen to the will of the people, what the majority of the people want

• popular sovereignty

• federalist

• checks and balances

a government organization that creates laws

• congress

• citizens

• convention

to give approval to something, like a new law

• regulate

• representatives

• ratified

a specific type of money that a country uses

• unanimous

• representatives

• currency

to set or adjust the amount of something

• regulate

• unanimous

• national

someone who favored a stronger federal government; agreed with the Articles of Confederation

• anti-ferderalist

• representatives

• federalist

someone who opposed a stronger federal government; wanted the Bill of Rights added to the Articles of Confederation

• anti-federalist

• representatives

• federalist

people who speak for us and our beliefs

• anti-federalist

• representatives

• federalist

a document that descries the government of a country

• constitution

• convention

• currency

each branch of the federal, state and local governments has the power to check the other two

• citizens

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty