Shaping a New Nation - Chapter 5 Flashcards
To examine the domestic challenges faced by the young Republic; to understand American beliefs and principles reflected in the U.S. Constitution.
A government in which the people elect representatives to govern
Republic
The idea that government should be based on the consent of the people
Republicanism
The set of laws that established the first government of the United States
Articles of Confederation
A loose alliance of state
Confederation
A law that set up a plan for surveying land wast of the Appalachian Mountains
Land Ordinance of 1785
Law that organized the Northwest Territories
Law that organized the Northwest Territories
Anti-tax protest bu farmers
Shays’s Rebellion
One of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention
James Madison
Delegate who developed the Great Compromise
Roger Sherman
Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
Great Compromise
Compromise that allowed states to count three-fifths of their slaves as part of the population
Three-fifths Compromise
The division of power between the federal and state governments
Federalism
The branch of government that makes laws
Legislative branch
The branch of government that enforces the laws
Executive branch
The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
Judicial branch
Powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power
Checks and balances
A group selected to elect the president, in which each state’s number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress
Electoral college
Official approval of the Constitution
Ratification
Supporters of the new Constitution
Federalists
People opposed to ratification of the new Constitution
Anti-federalists
Essays written by the Federalist leaders that defended the Constitution
The Federalists
Set of amendments passed to protect individual rights
Bill of Rights
