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- 2. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
- 5. A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.
- 10. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation.
- 11. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
- 12. Naturalization is the process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States.
- 15. provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
- 16. first ten amendments
- 17. only states
- 18. three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
- 19. the u.s. government type
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- 1. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
- 3. federal and state can do
- 4. prohibits states from interfering with the federal government's exercise of its constitutional powers
- 6. Legal obligation
- 7. expressed powers
- 8. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
- 9. moral obligation
- 13. not expressed powers
- 14. study of rights and duty’s of citizens
- 20. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.