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| a detailed written plan for government |
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| a legislature consisting of two parts or houses. |
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| a group of individuals or state government |
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| constitutional convention |
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| meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adopt a new constitution |
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| agreement providing dual system of congrssional representation. |
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| agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in congress. |
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| a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. |
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| supporters of constitution. |
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| a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, governmen and the states. |
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| those who apposed ratifying the constitution without compromise of having the bill of rights issued with it. |
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| opening section of the constitution |
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| the lawmaking branch of government. |
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| the branch of government that carries our laws. |
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| the branch of governtment that interprets laws. |
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| the notion that power lies with the people |
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| the split of authority among the three branches |
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| system in which each branch of gov is able to check, restrain, the powers of others. |
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| powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution |
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| powers that the constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states |
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| powers shared by the state and federal government |
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