"We the People" Lessons 8-12

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  1. 3. Accept of the Constitution
  2. 7. The plan accepted at the Philadelphia Convention that called for Congress to have two houses. The Senate would have two senators from each state. The House of Representatives would have representatives from each state based on the population.
  3. 10. Parts of the government
  4. 11. As used in the preamble to the constitution, this phrase means a peaceful situation without or within our country.
  5. 12. One of two houses of Congress. The number of representatives from each state is based on its population.
  6. 14. The meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which the U.S Constitution was written
  7. 15. The delegates to the Philadelphia Convention were called farmers because they "framed" the Constitution.
  8. 17. The gift of being free
  9. 21. The good of all the people
  10. 25. Highest court in the United States
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  1. 1. The farmer's compromise about slavery that became part of the Constitution. It counted each slave as three-fifths of a person to determine how many representatives a state should have in Congress.
  2. 2. The authority to settle disagreements about laws. This applies the laws and settles disputes.
  3. 4. The authority to make laws and rules
  4. 5. The division of powers among the different branches of government. In the United States powers are divided among the legislative, executive and judicial branches.
  5. 6. The authority to carry out and enforce the laws
  6. 8. fairness; rightfulness
  7. 9. Balancing the powers of government mean that no one Branch is given so much power that it can completely control thterm-17e other branches
  8. 13. The business of taking people from their homes in Africa and selling them in the colonies.
  9. 16. The introduction to the Constitution. It states that the people establish the government and lists the purposes of the government
  10. 18. One house of Congress. Each state has two members in the Senate
  11. 19. To put an end to
  12. 20. Limiting power
  13. 22. Protection of the people from enemies
  14. 23. The was between the Northern and Southern States. It took place from 1861 to 1865 and ended slavery in the United States.
  15. 24. Give official approval