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5. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress
7. increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
12. people who opposed ratification of the Constitution
13. a system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
15. the division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the nation’s laws
18. the division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
20. American statesman, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the "father of the Constitution" for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention. He led the United States through the War of 1812.
21. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
22. a meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states wrote the Constitution

1. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791
2. a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
3. a steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment
4. official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution
6. the division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states
8. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
9. a proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention
10. voting rights
11. an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature
14. a tax on imports or exports
16. the plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have two houses with representation determined by state population
17. people who supported ratification of the Constitution
19. official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution