Sec. Three Flashcards
Constitutional convention
A meeting in Philadelphia which delegates from the state wrote the constitution.
James Madison
American statesman, he was A delegate to the continental convention, the fourth president of the United States, The author of some federalists papers, and is called the father of the Constitution for the proposal at the Constitutional convention. He led the United States through the war of 1812.
Virginia plan
The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional convention in which the National government would have supreme power and the legislative branch would have two houses West representation determined by state population.
New Jersey Plan
A proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation of population; rejected at the Constitutional Convention.
Great Compromise
An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that the states population would determined representation in the lower house of legislature while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of legislature.
Three Fifth Compromise
An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only 3/5 of the slaves in a state would count when determining the states population of representation in the lower house of congress.
Popular sovereignty
The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
Federalism
US system of government in which the power is distributed between a central government and individual states.
Legislative branch
The division of government that proposes bills and passes them into laws.
Executive branch
The division was federal government that includes the president and the demonstrative apartments; forces the nations laws.
Judicial branch
The division of federal government that is made up of national courts interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes in states.
Checks and balances
A system that prevent the branches from becoming more powerful than the others.
