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2. A Union Built on Compromise
American leaders created a new constitution based on compromise.
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3. A Union Built on Compromise (cont.)
The Great Compromise proposed the following:
In the House of Representatives, the states would be represented according to the size of their population.
In the Senate, each state would have equal representation.
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4. A Union Built on Compromise (cont.)
In order to appease both the North and South, the Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed.
Every five enslaved people would count as three free people for determining both representation and taxes.
The delegates also agreed that the new Congress could not tax exports, ban slave trade until 1808, or impose high taxes on the importation of slaves.
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5. How many of the 13 states had to ratify the Constitution for it to take effect?
B. 7
C. 9
D. 11 A B C D
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6. A Framework for Limited Government
The Framers created a federal system that provided for a separation of powers along with checks and balances to keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
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7. A Framework for Limited Government (cont.)
The new constitution that the states were considering was based on the idea of popular sovereignty.
The new constitution established a federal system.
It also provided for a separation of powers among the three branches of federal government—executive, judicial, and legislative.
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8. A Framework for Limited Government (cont.)
The delegates created a system of checks and balances to prevent any of the three branches from becoming too powerful.
The president would hold the following powers:
Propose legislation
Appoint judges
Veto acts of Congress
Serve as commander in chief of the armed forces
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9. A Framework for Limited Government (cont.)
The delegates created a clear system for making amendments to the constitution, but they made it a difficult process with two steps—proposal and ratification.
Comparing Constitutions
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10. Which branch of the government implements and enforces the laws passed by Congress?
A. Executive
B. Judicial
C. Legislative A B C
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12. DFS Trans 2

13. popular sovereignty
government subject to the will of the people; before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there
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14. federalism
political system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
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15. separation of powers
government principle in which power is divided among different branches
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16. checks and balances
the system in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches to prevent any from becoming too powerful
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17. veto
power of the chief executive to reject laws passed by the legislature
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18. amendment
a change to the Constitution
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