Chapter 6 Grade 7 Flashcards
Plan of government
Constitution
Make sure the laws are carried out they enforce the laws
Executive
Activity slows down unemployment goes up
Economic depression
Had of rebellion called Shays rebellion and 2000 Inglee farmers went to the courthouse in Springfield Massachusetts with weapons
Daniel Shay
Makes laws
Legislative
The very first federal government of the US it was set up in 1777
Articles of Confederation
It said for every 60,000 free settlers would form a new state with the same rights as the original 13 states this was the best contribution of the A of C
Northwest ordinance of 1787
He was at the Constitutional convention Virginia and was a planter he was also a federalist
James Madison
Make sure the laws go according to the constitution
Judicial Branch
People oppose the Connecticut compromise or great compromise he is known as the great compromise it he said in the message shouldn’t be part of the Constitution
Rodger Sherman
Founding father of the United States and signed the United States Declaration of Independence
JamesWilson
A settlement or an agreement
Compromise
Representation would depend on your states population
Proportional representation
Wrote the preamble
Gov. Morris
Was a law that freed individuals slaves
Manumission
Propose the Virginia plan was the governor of Virginia
Edmund Randolph
Proposed the NJ Plan
Patterson
A two house legislative
Bicameral
One house legislative; you had 1 vow no matter what your population was
Unicameral
The south had a lot of slaves wanted to count te slaves toward the population
3/5 Compromise
Approve
Ratify
Wrote federalist papers
Hamliton
Federalist
John Jay
Anti federalist
Mason
Wrote two treatises on Civil Government
Locke
Frenchmen wrote Spirit of the laws he came up with idea of the three branches of government and made up the separation of powers and checks and balances
Montesquieu
A division of powers between the federal government and the state government
Federalism
Made up of electors from each state they actually vote for the president
Electoral College
Each branch can check on the other two so no one branch can become too powerful
Checks and balances
An active vesting the three powers of government in separate branches each branch has its own power
Separation of Powers
Support the constitution they favored a strong federal government
Federalist
Apposed the Constitution
Anti federalist
The first 10 amendments
Bill of Rights
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assemble, and petition
A 1
The right to bear arms
A2
Must have a search warrant to search a home; limits searching and seizure
A4
Limits Quartering no housing soldiers during peacetime
A3
Powers that are not specially written in the constitution
Implied powers
In it the Judical Branch exercises what is called judical Review (court case)
Margery and Madison
That the government must follow the same rules in all cases brought to trial is about the fifth amendment
Due process
