Transition from the Revolution to the Civil War

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  1. 6. a law passed by Congress in 1787 specifying how western lands would be governed
  2. 8. the compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention on representation in Congress, with each state represented equally in the Senate and with representation in the House based on state population
  3. 12. the system by which each branch of the federal government can limit, or check, the power of the others
  4. 13. Congress wanted to organize the land that stretched from the Appalachian Mountains west to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and sell it to raise revenue
  5. 14. proposed that representation in the two houses of Congress should be based on the population of each state, which would give the more populous states more delegates, and therefore more influence, than states with smaller populations.
  6. 17. the nation's first constitution, which was drafted in 1777 and created a framework for a loose confederation of states
  7. 18. a tax on imported goods
  8. 19. the division of government power into executive, legislative, and judicial branches
  9. 20. Those who preferred a loose association of states with a weaker central government
  10. 21. the first 10 amendments incorporated into the Constitution
  11. 22. He led hundreds of farmers to occupy the courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts
  12. 23. the plan of government of the United States, drafted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation
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  1. 1. a body made up of electors from each state who cast votes to elect the president and vice president
  2. 2. proposed a series of amendments to the Articles of Confederation and called for a less powerful national government with a unicameral Congress in which all states had equal representation.
  3. 3. In the summer of 1786, armed and angry farmers occupied a courthouse to prevent the court from doing business
  4. 4. a lawmaking body made up of two houses
  5. 5. the convention held in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft the Constitution of the United States
  6. 7. They favored a federal government—a strong central government that shared power with the states.
  7. 9. a drastic decline in the economy, marked by business failures and unemployment
  8. 10. the approval of a plan of government or of a constitutional amendment
  9. 11. A series of essays published over the course of several months and made a strong case for the new plan of government.
  10. 15. another important compromise. For representation in the House, every five enslaved people would be counted as equal to three free people.
  11. 16. trade between states