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| Democracy | A government by the people |
| Direct Democracy | One of two kinds of democracy where ALL the people in a country participate in making laws and ruling. |
| Representative Democracy | 2nd kind of democracy where All the people ELECT a SMALL GROUP of people called REPRESENTATIVES to make laws and rule for them. |
| Representatives | People who we elect to make laws and rule the government for us. |
| The type of democracy the U.S. has | is a representative government. |
| Constitutional Convention | Representatives from the States met in Philadelphia PA in 1787 to revise the A. of Confed. decided to write a new constitution |
| Federal Government | is the National Government |
| State that did not send a representive to the Constitutional Convention | Rhode Island |
| Delegates | Name given to the representative of the States who attended the Constitutional Convention |
| Description of the delegates participating in the Constitutional Convention | Rich, well-educated, white men who were experienced in government matters. |
| The leader and most famous delegate to the Convention | George Washington |
| A famous delegate who settled many arguments at the Convention | Benjamin Franklin |
| The delegate who took careful notes on the happenings at the Convention | James Madison |
| Four main goals of the delegates to the Convention | Strong Fed. Govt., Help States understand the need of a strong govmt, Help states learn to cooperate with each other, show other countries U.S was strong |
| Compromise | A decision in which each side gets part of what it wants and gives up part of what it wants. |
| What did the most imp. compromise concern? | The # of representatives each state could send to Congress |
| Congress | The group that makes the laws for the Federal Government |
| Virginia Plan | Plan liked by large states which said # of Reps. from each state should depend on population |
| New Jersey Plan | Liked by small states - said every State should have the same # of Reps in Congress. |
| The Great Compromise | Combined the Va. and NJ plans saying Congress would have 2 houses/ Senate & House of Representatives |
| Senate | House in Congress where each state has 2 representatives called Senators |
| House of Representatives | House where # of Reps depends on State's population - Large states had more votes here. |
| What the Northern states wanted regarding trade | That Congress would control trade |
| What the Southern states wanted regarding trade | Feared Congress would tax imports & exports too much & want to control the shipment of slaves |
| Trade Compromise | Compromise which allowed Congress to tax imports but not exports & could not control slave trade for 20 years |
| 5 important ideas in the Constitution | Federalism, Seperation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Popular Sovereignty, The Amending procedure |
| Federalism | The idea that the Federal Government must be strong but each states keeps some powers too |
| Separation of Powers | The idea that different parts of the government should have different powers |
| Checks & Balances | System that keeps one branch of government from getting too powerful - each branch has certain powers over the other branches |
| Popular Sovereignty | Idea that let each state decide whether they would allow slavery |
| Amendment | A change or addition to the Constitution |
| 3 Branches of U.S. Government | Legislative, Executive & Judicial |
| Duty & Body of Legislative Branch | Make Laws - Congress |
| Duty & Body of Executive Branch | Enforce or Carry out Laws - President |
| Duty and Body of the Judicial Branch | Explain or apply laws - Courts |
| Way the delegates of the Constitutional Convention decided to count slaves | Slaves were counted as 3/5 ths of a person |
| Importance of strong federal government | A strong federal govmt can solve problems & hold the country together. |
