Mod 2 Vocab ~ The Constitution

a written plan of government

• constitution

• bicameral

• confederation

• Great Compromise

two houses of the legislative branch of government

• Articles of Confederation

• bicameral

• confederation

• unicameral

a group of individual state governments that band together for a common purpose

• Constitutional Convention

• Great Compromise

• confederation

• Electoral College

to approve

• amendment

• preamble

• federalism

• ratify

meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new Constitution

• 3/5 Compromise

• Constitution Convention

• Federalists

• Electoral College

Compromise in which states would have equal representation in one house and representation based on population in the other house.

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

slaves counted as 3/5 of a person

• Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Electoral College

• amendment

A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

• Thiel College

• Electoral College

• Connecticut Plan

• Constitution Convention

supporters of the Consitution

• Anti-Federalist

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalists

• Virginia Plan

People who opposed the Constitution

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• legislative branch

• executive branch