1. checks and balances: system by which any one branch of government is prevented from becoming too powerful
2. Constitutional Convention: meeting of delegates discussed ways to improve Article of Convention
3. Great Compromise: Gave each state an equal vote in the upper house of legislature while granting to the lower house representation based on population
4.James Madison: Wrote most of the Virginia Plan
5. New Jersey Plan: Called for a one-house legislature while granting to the lower house of representation based on population.
6. Popular Sovereignty: The idea that political authority belongs to the people
7. 3/5 compromise: aggreement that slaves would not be counted as a whole person when determining representation
8.Virginia Plan: Called for a bicameral legislature when representation in both houses based on population
9. Federalism: The sharing of power between a central government and that states it is comprised of
10. Legislative branch: responsible for proposing and passing laws.
<span>Cabinet level executive agencies usually have one person that has been appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. independent agencies almost always have a board or commission of five or so members heading them and sharing the responsibility of power.</span>
African Americans used the Great War to show their patriotism and to prove they could contribute to the protection and advancement of the country. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People encouraged this spirit of Americanism to counteract racial tension and stereotypes.
