Unit 3 Voc. quiz

 specific individual protections against abuses of power; added to the Constitution to gain Anti-Federalist support of the Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Anti-Federalists

arguments designed originally to persuade the people of New York that the structure of the new Constitution actually protected and strengthened the United States

• New constitution

• Forest blade

• The Federalists Papers

• Articles of Confederation

wanted a stronger federal government; believed the government created by the Constitution was designed to protect citizens abuses of power at the federal level

• Federalists

• Colonies

• Anti-Federalists

• England

allowed states to count three-fifths of their slaves when calculating their entire population

• Articles of Confederation

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Mizzouri Compromise

settled the issue of representation in Congress; legislature with two chambers; House based on population; Senate with equal representation

• Not this one

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Boston tea PArty

a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works

• United States

• Democracy

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

the idea that the people are the source of all political power and that the government's authority comes from the consent of the people

• Constitution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Government

• We the People

a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power

• Checks and Balances

• Bill of Rights

• President

• We the People

made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which together are known as Congress

• Constitution

• Bill Of rights

• EX Branch

• Legislative Branch

is made up of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. It is responsible for interpreting and applying laws, and deciding if they violate the Constitution

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• We the People

• US Constitution