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APUSH Chapter 8 Vocabulary
APUSH Chapter 8 Vocabulary
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10th Grade
10/05/2010

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James Madison
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Federalist governer who helped write and distribute the Federalist Papers, and convert the Anti-Federalists to Federalists.
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Alexander Hamilton
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Federalist that wrote most of the Federalist papers and was the first US Secretary of Treasures
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John Adams
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One of the main advocates for federalism and republicanism that helped create the Federalist Papers
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Daniel Shays
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Shays became outraged because of the taxes applied on the small farmers. He started a rebellion called Shays Rebellion.
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Federalists
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Believed that the federal government should have more power over the state governments and wanted to make changes to the Articles of Confederation.
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Anti Federalists
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Believed the Articles of Confederation were a good form of government and that states should have more power than the federal government
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Articles of Confederation
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First constitution of the US that ultimatley failed because it gave the states too much power, and the federal government not enough power
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republicanism
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Idea of governing a nation where the people have a say in how the federal government operates
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bills of rights
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section of state constitutions in which each individual is promised certain rights
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suffrage
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the political franchise in which citizens exercise their right to vote
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gradual emancipation
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Different states slowly began to add emancipations to their state constitutions
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manumission law
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prohibited slave owners from willingly freeing their slaves
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Northwest Territory
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Territory to the Northwest of the Ohio River that was added to the union in 1803
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Northwest Ordinances
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US government bought the land in the Northwest territory and began to colonize it
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Constitutional Convention
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delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss problems with the Articles of Confederation
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Virginia Plan
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Virginia delegates proposed that state representation should be based on population of that state
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New Jersey Plan
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New Jersey delegates proposed that state representation should be equal between all states
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Great Compromise
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the resolution to the conflict of state representation. Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans and provided a new system of state representation.
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Three-fifths Compromise
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resolution to the conflict concerning slave representation that concluded 3/5 of the slave vote would be counted towards the overall vote
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The Federalist Papers
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Articles and essays that advocated the ratification of the US Constitution
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Elastic clause
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clause of the US Constitution that states that federal congress has legislative power over all the states
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Checks and balances
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power is divided between the 3 branches of government to even out federal power
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Separation of powers
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Model for governance of federal and democratic states in which power is seperated between different branches of government to even out power
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Ratification
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delegates from the states unanimously agree to ratify the Articles of Confederation into what later becomes the US Constitution where there is more federal than state power
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