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- 2. constitutional right to reject a decision
- 9. powers that are neither prohibited nor explicitly given by law to any organ of government.
- 12. compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
- 15. James Madison's _________ outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
- 18. William Paterson's_________ proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature.
- 19. person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
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- 1. a Caribbean-born American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist.
- 3. The__________ created two legislative bodies in Congress.
- 4. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
- 5. the ________ established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
- 6. was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
- 7. an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
- 8. The ____________ took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
- 10. prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion
- 11. powers are specifically granted to the federal government
- 13. the ___________ laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold.
- 14. ate-18th century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government
- 16. fourth president of the United States
- 17. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.