US History Unit 3

a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government

• a constitution

• the law

• a carta

• an ordinace

The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.

• The Senate

• The Electoral College

• The College of Electors

• The Electors College

In 17th- and 18th-century Europe, thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society. This period was known as the _____ period

• Industrial

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Awakening

When we established 2 houses of Congress, the House- based on population (good for bigger states) & the Senate- each state gets two (good for small states), it was known as the __________.

• Balanced Agreement

• Great Agreement

• Balanced Compromise

• Great Compromise

an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The House Compromise

• The Enslaved Population Compromise

• Compromise 3/5

the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments

• parliamentary monarchy

• federalism

• dictatorship

• republic

the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people

• republic

• monarchy

• popular sovereignty

• oligarchy

a key constitutional principle that divides the functions of government among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power

• division of responsibilities

• division of powers

• separation of responsibilities

• separation of powers

a formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States, added to the Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• List of Rights

• Constitutional Rights

• Formal Rights

an order from a judge that authorizes police or other officials to take a certain action, such as searching someone’s property

• court order

• warrant

• lawsuit

• ticket