Civics Chapter 3 Flashcards

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The great compromise

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The agreement reached by the Madison plan supporters and the New Jersey plan supporters in which each side lost something they wanted

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Bicameral

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Two house

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The three fifths compromise

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The compromise that states that in a census slaves would be counted as three fifths of a person

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Ratified

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Approval

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Federalists

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Those who supported the constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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those who opposed the constitution

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Amendments

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changes to the constitution

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Federalism

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The division of power between the states and federal/national government

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Concurrent powers

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The powers shared by federal and state governments

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Reserved powers

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Powers that the constitution neither gives to congress nor denies to the states

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Checks and balances

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The system in which each branch of government has ways to limit the other two branches powers

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Impeach

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Accuse

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