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Am. History Chapter 5 sec. 2
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11th Grade
11/10/2009

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Shay's Rebellion
Definition
  • Farmers were protesting over the sheriff sales
  • They went to Springfeild and protested
  • they were mad that there were taxes being put on

 

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James Madison
Definition
  • called a meeting of state delegates
  • discussed issues of interstate trade
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Roger Sherman
Definition
  • a political leader from Connecticut
  • suggested the Great Compromise
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Great Compromise
Definition
  • offered a two- house Congress to satisfy both big and small states
  • having equal representation in the Senate, or upper house
  • the size of the population would determine its representation

 

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Three- Fifths Compromise
Definition
  • 3/5 of a state's slaves to be counted as population.
  • it settled the political issues but not the economic issues towards slaves
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Federalism
Definition
  • the new system of government
  • divided power between the national government and the state government.
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legislative branch
Definition
  • to make laws
  • branch in the government
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Executive branch 
Definition

 

  • to carry out laws
  • branch of government

 

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Judicial branch
Definition
  • to interpret the law
  • Branch of government
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Checks and balances
Definition
  • to prevent one branch from dominating the others.

 

 

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Electoral college
Definition
  • cast ballots for the candidates.

 

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