Unit 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Amendment

Answer 1

change to a constitution

Question 2

Anti-Federalist

Answer 2

supported stronger state government and a weaker national or federal government

Question 3

compromise

Answer 3

agreement that gives each side part of what it wants

Question 4

federalism

Answer 4

system of government in which the national governments shares power with states and regions

Question 5

Federalists

Answer 5

favored a stronger national or federal government and less power for the states

Question 6

constitution

Answer 6

basic laws under which a country operates

Question 7

legislature

Answer 7

law-making members of the government

Question 8

Magna Carta

Answer 8

1215 document that limited the English king’s power and set a future example of limited government

Question 9

ordinance

Answer 9

law or legal requirement

Question 10

Philadelphia Convention

Answer 10

meeting that addressed problems in governing the United States, which been operating the Articles of Confederation following the independence from Great Britain: from May 25 to September 17, 1787

Question 11

Constitutional Convention

Answer 11

meeting that addressed problems in governing the United States, which been operating the Articles of Confederation following the independence from Great Britain: from May 25 to September 17, 1787

Question 12

popular sovereignty

Answer 12

people have the power

Question 13

preamble

Answer 13

introduction

Question 14

ratify

Answer 14

to approve

Question 15

ratification

Answer 15

the approval process

Question 16

republic

Answer 16

citizens elect representatives to run the government

Question 17

representative democracy

Answer 17

rule by popularly elected representatives