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- 4. also known as enumerated powers, these are the ones granted by the Constitution to the national government.
- 6. a proposal to have a one-house legislature with each state being equally represented.
- 8. the concept that each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other two, and thus keep one branch from becoming too powerful.
- 9. the political party favoring a strong central government.
- 13. the law that established the lower courts, set the number of justices on the Supreme Court, and affirmed the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- 14. a proposal to have a one-house legislature with representation based on population.
- 15. Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, and the leader of the Federalist Party.
- 16. a proposal in which enslaved Africans would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation and apportionment of taxes.
- 19. also known as concurrent powers, these are the ones that can be exercised by the national and state governments.
- 20. also known as the Connecticut Plan, it was a proposal to have a two-house legislature, with one based on population, and the other based on equal representation from each state.
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- 1. laws requiring the non-slave-owning states to assist in the return of runaway slaves.
- 2. the first President of the United States.
- 3. these are the powers not forbidden to states or granted only to the national government. They are not specifically named, but are based on the language of the Tenth Amendment.
- 5. the political party favoring greater power for the states.
- 7. the beginning of the Constitution, which states the purpose of the document.
- 10. Washington’s Secretary of State, and the leader of the Democratic-Republican Party.
- 11. created by Hamilton to stabilize the finances of the new nation.
- 12. the concept that power is divided (separated) among the three branches of government.
- 17. the first ten amendments to the Constitution.George Washington--the first President of the United States.
- 18. Vice-President under Washington, and the second President of the United States.