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| federal system | a political system in which the power is shared between a national government and the states |
| compromise | an agreement in which each side agrees to give up something to get something more important |
| export | to sell goods to other countries |
| Electoral College | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President |
| Anti-Federalist | a person who opposed the Constitution before 1789 |
| Federalist | a person who supported the Constitution and a strong national government before 1789 |
| Preamble | the introduction to the United States Constitution |
| legislative | having the power to make laws |
| executive | having the power to carry out laws |
| judicial | having the power to decide how laws should be applied in individual cases |
| checks and balances | a system in which each branch of government is able to limit the power of the other branches |
| veto | to reject a bill |
| override | to defeat a veto on a bill |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that people should have the right to rule themselves |
| enumerated powers | the powers the federal government specifically mentioned in the Constitution |
| reserved powers | the powers the Constitution gives to the states |
| concurrent powers | the powers shared by the national and state government |
| supremacy clause | a section of the Constitution stating that national law has higher authority than state law |
| amendment | any change in the Constitution |
| implied powers | congressional powers not stated specifically in the Constitution but suggested by the Constitution's necessary and proper clause |
| Philadelphia | city where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written |
| Articles of Confederation | pre-Constitution government with a very weak President |
| Republican | kind of government that each state created for itself after the Revolution |
| separation of powers | no one branch of the government has all of the power |
| federalism | central government and states share powers |
| treasury | the National bank account, NOT a branch of our national government as established by the Constitution |
| voting | both a responsibility and a right of citizens in a representative democracy |
| citizen | voting member in a democratic society |
| subject | non-voting member in a non-democratic society, such as a monarchy |
| Federalist Papers | documents written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison in support of the Constitution |
| Declaration of Independence | first formal American document signed in the United States |
