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a detailed, written plan for government
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Constitution
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A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
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Bicameral
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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 governments
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the first constitution of the United States
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to vote approval of
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a law, usually of a city or country
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a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands; this method is still used today
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1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and served as a model for other new territories and as a plan for admitting new states to the Union
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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
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meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of new Constitution
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agreement providing a dual system of congressional 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 the constitution
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a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
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a series of essays written to defend the Constitution
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those who opposed ratification of the Constitution
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an opening section of the Constitution
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one of several main parts to the Constitution
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any change to the Constitution
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the lawmaking branch of government
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the branch of government that carries out laws
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the branch of government that interprets laws
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government receives its power from the people
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a government that can do only what the people allow it to do
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principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern
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the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
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a system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of others
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powers granted directly to the national government by 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 states and federal governments
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the clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes federal laws prevail over state laws when there is a conflict
