Civics Vocabulary

3. an idea where power is divided between the national and state government
6. powers assigned to the states and the people
7. was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention
8. wanted a small central government
11. government is not all powerful and no one, not even the president is above the law
16. population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes
18. limit the power of another and this prevents the majority from having too much power
19. wanted a strong central government

1. uprising led by a former militia officer
2. powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist
4. a body of electors chosen or appointed by a larger group
5. powers that are shared by both the State and the federal government
8. the original constitution of the US
9. should follow exactly what was stated and allowed in the document
10. powers that the Constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights
12. was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
13. loose interpretation of the Constitution, which meant they believed that the document permitted everything that it did not expressly forbid
14. power comes from the people
15. the constitution divides our government into three branches, to avoid tyranny
17. unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state