Constitution

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  1. 2. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
  2. 4. the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional
  3. 6. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  4. 8. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  5. 10. a basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by a majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the vote
  6. 13. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  7. 15. the part of the government that carries out, or executes, the laws
  8. 16. the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws
  9. 17. an organization that actively promotes the view of some part of the public on specific issues in order to influence government policy.
  10. 18. the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people
  11. 20. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  12. 21. a series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution by the states
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  1. 1. trade and other business dealings between two or more states
  2. 3. the law making part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law.
  3. 5. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  4. 7. the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments.
  5. 9. the “Age of Reason” in 17th and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  6. 11. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  7. 12. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches of government
  8. 14. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  9. 19. a country governed by elected representatives