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Chapter 5 and 6
US History Test Prep
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History
11th Grade
10/27/2009

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Republic
Definition
a government in which citizens rule through their elected representatives
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Republicanism
Definition
the idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
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Articles of Confederation
Definition
in which two levels of government shared fundamental powers. State governments were supreme in some matters, while the national government was supreme in other matters.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Definition
established a plan for surveying the western lands
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Definition
congress provided a procedure for dividing the land into territories
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Shays's Rebellion
Definition
farmers' protest caused panic and dismay throughout the nation
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James Madison
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known as the father of the constitution
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Roger Sherman
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Created the "Great Compromise"
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Great Compromise
Definition
offered a two-house congress to satisfy both small and large states
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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called for three-fifths of a state's slaves to be counted as population
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Federalism
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divided power between the national government and the state governments
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legislative branch
Definition
make laws
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executive branch
Definition
carry out laws
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judicial branch
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interpret the law
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checks and balances
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prevent one branch from dominating the others
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Electoral College
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cast ballots for the candidates
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Ratification
Definition
official approval
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Federalists
Definition
Strong Central Government
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antifederalists
Definition
weak central government
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The Federalist
Definition
a series of 85 essays defending the constitution
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Bill of rights
Definition
ten amendments
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Judiciary Act of 1789
Definition
a judicial structure
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Alexander Hamilton
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secretary of the treasury
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Cabinet
Definition
President's chief advisors
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Protective Tariff
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an import tax on goods from europe
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Edmond Genet
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French diplomat sent to America to recruit American soldiers
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Thomas Pickney
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got all the land west of the Appalachian mountains and shipping rights on the Mississippi river
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Little Turtle
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Native American leader
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John Jay
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treaty with Britain
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Sectionalism
Definition
placing the interest of one region over those of the nation as a whole
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XYZ affair
Definition
provoked a wave of anti-french feeling in America
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Nullification
Definition
states had the right to nullify or void any act of congress that they deemed unconstitutional
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Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea
Definition
explored the west
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Impressment
Definition
British were taking American ships and forcing Americans to fight in the British army
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