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= __//**Chapter 9 Study Guide**//__ = = = = Republic - A gov. where you get to vote for your country's leaders. = =media type="custom" key="12255184"= = Articles Of Confederation - The Continental Congress wrote the Articles Of Confederation to give the = = colonies some sense of unified gov. = = = = Responsibilities Of Congress under Articles Of Confederation - Declaring War, Coin Money, and Maintain a Navy. = = = = Northwest Ordinance - Primary effect was to create Northwest Territory and the first Organized = = Territory. = = = =** Annapolis Convention Of 1786 - Virgina called a convention for uniform regulation. Only 5 of**= =the 13 states were represented.= = = = **Where did the Constitutional Convention meet?-** May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelpha= =Pennsylvania.= = = = Federal System Of Gov. - Is three distinct branches. The Legislative, The Executive, and The Judiciary. = = = = **3/5 Compromise - A argument about slaves being counted or not being counted for H.O.R. ** = =media type="custom" key="12255324"= = ** How Many Senators Do States Get? - Two Senators. ** = = = = ** How Do We Figure Out How Many Representatives each State Gets? - One Rep per 30,000 ** = = ** people in a state. ** = = = = ** What Are The Responsibilities Of Each Branch Of Gov.? - Legislative would make laws, Executive would ** = = ** carry out the laws, and Judiciary would settle differences. ** = = = = ** Describe The Great Compromise - It was a fight between states with lot's of people and states with few people ** = = ** about "More people=More votes" and "Each state=One vote". ** = = = = **3/5 Compromise - A fight between North and South, about slaves. ** = = = = **Compromise Over Slave Trade** - When congress was making the Constitution they knew they= =couldn't avoid slavery, so they made a deal being slaves were still able to be sold for 20 years after that slavery is done.= = = = **Power Of States, National Gov. and What They Share** - health, education, law and order (state courts and police), emergency= =services, e.g. fire, ambulance, SES, public transport, housing, water, tourism, sport and recreation, environment and wildlife protection, roads and motor registration, and mining and natural resources.= = = =** Three Branches Of Gov. Leaders -** Executive=President, Legislative=Senate,Representatives, Judaical=Supreme Court.= = = = **System Of Checks And Balances** - President can veto bills, Congress can override veto's, Judicial can declare= =President's actions' unconstitutional, President can appoint judges', Legislative may propose amendments= =to overrule Judicial decisions, Judicial may declare laws unconstitutional.=

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