Chapter 3 – SS
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Anti-Federalists
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People who opposed the Consitution
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Electoral College
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A group of people who would be named by each state legislature to select vice president and president.
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Bill of Rights
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First 10 amendments of the Consitution
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Popular Sovereignty
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Idea that power lies with the people
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Checks and Balances
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System to keep one branch from becoming too powerful.
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Concurrent Powers 1
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Are shared by the state and federal government.
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Article One of the Consitution
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Part of the consitution that deals with the legislature branch
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Ben Franklin
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Famous diplomat, writer, scientist, and inventor that attended the Consitutional Convention
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Roger Sherman
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A committee who came up with the Great Compromise
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Rhode Island
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Opposed a stronger government and chose not to attend the Consitutional Convention.
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Who presided over the Consitutional Convention?
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George Washington
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Who opposed the Consitutional Convention?
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Patrick Henry and Rhode Island
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Describe the Virginia PLan
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It called for Congress to have a senate and a house of representatives.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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Every 5 enslaved persons would count as 3 free people.
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Federalism
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A form of gov. in which power is divided between the national and state government.
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The middle part of the __ states the 6 purposes of the government
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Preamble
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Executive Branch
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Dealing with leaders of other countries
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Necessary and Proper Clause
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It allows congress to excerise powers that are not specifcally listed in the consitution.
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Rule of Law
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It means the law is applied to everyone even those who govern
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Reserved Powers
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Powers given to state governments but not national govs.
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Explain how the Electoral College compromise resolved the argument over how the president is chosen.
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delegates back then had arguments cause some of them thought that the people should choose the president, and others thought congress should, so they came up with the electoral college which is a group of ppl chosen by legislature to elect a president, it still goes on now, but instead we the people elect the electoral college.
