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Unit 1 - Review

Horizontales
Mountain range located on the eastern side of the United States.
Britain’s "healthy ignoring" of the American colonies as it dealt with the war with France. This period of "neglect" helped foster a sense of independence among the colonies.
The power of the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of laws prepared by the Legislative and Executive branches of the U.S. government;
The idea of providing power to different branches of government; lawmaking to the legislative branch, enforcing to the executive branch, and interpreting to the judicial branch
Adopted by the colonies in 1776, this document proclaimed colonial independence from Great Britain.
The agricultural system found in the South before the Civil War (1861–65) where large tracts of land were cultivated for cotton by slaves, controlled by a small part of the white-Southern population.
A body of electors from each state selected to elect the President and Vice President after the popular vote has been completed in early November. This means that the President is not elected directly by the people.
An agreement regarding government signed by the Pilgrims before landing
An armed uprising in Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787 led by Daniel Shays. The protesters attempted to prevent the courts from seizing property from indebted farmers. The inability of the government to react led many to feel that the Articles of Confederation needed to be changed.
The legislative branch of government, as described in Article I of the US Constitution, consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate. Primarily responsible for making laws
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution that describe, for the most part, the civil rights of individuals.
Verticales
An act passed by the Articles of Confederation that outlined a procedure for admission of new states into the Union. It also prohibited the extension of slavery into what was then the "northwest" (the Ohio Valley)
America's first constitution which governed during the 1780s, providing for a weak central government and power remaining in the hands of the states
A system developed in the US Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check or limit the actions of the other branches.
A two-house legislature; for example, the Senate and House of Representatives in the Congress (Legislative Branch) of the United States Federal government.
The rejection of a bill from the legislative branch by the executive branch; an example of checks and balances.
Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
preferred a weak central government and were in favor of states-rights. They were also concerned that the proposed constitution did not contain a Bill of Rights.