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The Nation And The Constitution

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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THE GREAT COMPROMISE

  • Defined the US Constitution
  • Formed in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention
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THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE

  • Determined the rights that slaves had
  • Founded 1787 in Constitutional Convention
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FEDERALISM

  • Legislative- Congress, makes laws
  • Executive- President, VP, Cabinet, carries out laws
  • Judicial- Supreme Courts, evaluates laws
  • Seperated by powers of what they can and cant do
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE

  • Body of people who formally cast vote for the presiednt
  • Uses the influence of states's to decide the candidates
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BILL OF RIGHTS

  • First 10 amendments of the US Constitution
  • Guarantees certain rights such as freedom of speech
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FEDERALISTS VS. ANTI-FEDERALISTS

  • Federalists- supported the Constitution
  • Anti-Federalists- opposed the Constitution
  • Federalists were usually of greater influence

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