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- 2. Bill of Rights
- 5. Supreme Court - The highest rank of judicial court
- 8. Majority Rule
- 11. Federalism
- 14. Legislature - It’s the legal authority for the legislature to create laws for a political entity like a country, nation, or city. Legislation enacted by legislatures are mostly called primary legislation, and they are often contrasted with executive and judicial powers of government.
- 16. James Wilson was a Scottish-born American Founding Father. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798.
- 19. This compromise gave southern states more representation. It counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person. The Three-Fifths Compromise made lasting impacts, which led to the Civil War.
- 21. Free press
- 23. The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia between May and September of 1787. The convention was held to address the problems of weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
- 25. The Preamble sets the stage for the Constitution. It communicates the intentions of the writers and the document.
- 27. The 4th President of the United States of America. James Madison was also popularly acclaimed the “Father of the Constitution”, playing a major role in drafting and writing the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
- 31. An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices
- 32. The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the U.S. It is bicameral, made of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and upper body, the Senate. They meet in Washington D.C.
- 33. Ratification
- 34. Dual Sovereignty
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- 1. Separation of church and state
- 3. An early American statesman, lawyer, and Founding Father, Roger Sherman is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States.
- 4. Anti-Federalists
- 6. Freedom of Religion
- 7. The lower half of the Congress; the House of Representatives.
- 9. First Amendment
- 10. The Great Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with equal representation of the states in the upper and lower houses
- 12. The Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. They are part of the legislature of the United States.
- 13. “We the People” are the beginning words of the Constitution, used as a brief introduction statement.
- 15. Checks and Balances
- 17. Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father. He served as the first secretary of the treasury for 6 years, starting in 1789. He also helped to draft the constitution.
- 18. Federalists
- 20. Gouvernuer Morris, a Founding Father of the United States, wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the “Penman of the Constitution”. He also signed the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
- 22. Executive Judiciary - Governors are responsible for the State's Supreme Executive Power. The Governor's authority includes appointing positions throughout the executive branch as well as appointing judges, subject to the approval of the Legislature. The legislative branch of government is the lawmaking branch of government.
- 24. The Federalist Papers
- 26. Separation of Powers - As a result of separation of powers, a state's government is divided into branches, and they all have their powers and work, which prevents fights.
- 28. The President is elected head of a republic by the people.
- 29. James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, which called for states with larger populations to have more representation and control in the government.
- 30. The New Jersey Plan was designed to protect the security and power of the small states. It limited each small state to one vote in congress, as under the Articles of Confederation.