Constitution 2.0

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  1. 3. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. 8. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
  3. 9. popular Sovereignty A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
  4. 10. A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
  5. 12. people who opposed the Constitution
  6. 14. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  7. 15. to approve
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  1. 1. _________________ doctrine doctrine according to which separate powers are assigned to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  2. 2. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress
  3. 4. an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
  4. 5. House of ______________ the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population
  5. 6. A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.
  6. 7. agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
  7. 11. supporters of the Constitution
  8. 13. a part of Congress; based on a equal number.