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Chapter 5 Lessons 1 and 2 Vocabulary pages 116 - 129

Chapter 5 Lessons 1 and 2 Vocabulary pages 116 - 129. Constitution: a detailed, written plan for government Bicameral: a legislature consisting of two parts or houses Confederation: a group of individuals or state governments. 5.1 and 5.2 Vocabulary, cont.

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Chapter 5 Lessons 1 and 2 Vocabulary pages 116 - 129

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  1. Chapter 5 Lessons 1 and 2 Vocabulary pages 116 - 129 Constitution: a detailed, written plan for government Bicameral: a legislature consisting of two parts or houses Confederation: a group of individuals or state governments

  2. 5.1 and 5.2 Vocabulary, cont. • Articles of Confederation: the first constitution of the United States • Ratify: to vote approval of • Ordinance: a law, usually of a city or county • Ordinance of 1785: a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands

  3. 5.1 and 5.2 Vocabulary, cont. • Northwest Ordinance: 1787 law that set up a gov’t for the Northwest Territory and a plan for admitting new states to the Union • Shay’s Rebellion: an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution

  4. 5.1 and 5.2 Vocabulary, cont. • Constitutional Convention: meetings of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new Constitution • Great Compromise: agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation • Three-Fifths Compromise: agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as 3/5ths of other persons in determining representation in Congress

  5. 5.1 and 5.2 Vocabulary, cont. • Electoral College: a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president • Federalist: a supporter of the Constitution • Federalism: a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, gov’t and the states

  6. 5.1 and 5.2 Vocabulary, cont. • The Federalist Papers: a series of essays written to defend the constitution • Anti-Federalist: a person who opposed ratification of the Constitution

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