U4 vocab by Arianna Gamber https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v en-us 2017-12-04 15:27:03 UTC 2017-12-05 15:22:45 UTC hello@padlet.com The legislative branch is the part of the United States government that creates laws. Whenever you read about congresspeople in the Senate or House debating a law, you're reading about the legislative branch: the branch of the government that writes, debates, and passes laws. Making laws can be called legislating. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929063 2017-12-04 16:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929063 executive branch definition. The branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929299 2017-12-04 16:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929299 judicial branch definition. The court systems of local, state, and federal governments, responsible for interpreting the laws passed by the legislative branch and enforced by the executive branch. ... The ultimate court of appeals is the Supreme Court. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929466 2017-12-04 16:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929466 Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, gave state governments more authority. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929660 2017-12-04 16:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929660 a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929844 2017-12-04 16:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212929844 a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930065 2017-12-04 16:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930065 the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930261 2017-12-04 16:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930261 The Commerce Compromise. The issue over whether congress could regulate trade, Northern States said they could, The Southern States said they couldn't, The outcome was that Congress could regulate trade, No export tax, and No limit on slave trade for 20 years. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930650 2017-12-04 16:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930650 The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government. agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930883 2017-12-04 16:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212930883 an agreement that both large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure agambe4036 https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212931251 2017-12-04 16:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/agambe4036/lonfbhn0ic8v/wish/212931251