Constitutional Key Terms... Match the words with the definitions below. You MUST write each out! 

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Articles of Confederation             
Interstate Commerce              
Land Ordinance of 1785  
Northwest Ordinance of 1787      
Northwest Territory     
Popular Sovereignty        
Suffrage      
Tariffs                    

Suffrage--- voting rights

Articles of Confederation--- the document that created the first central government for the United States;
     was replaced by the Constitution in 1789

Land Ordinance of 1785--- legislation passed by Congress authorizing surveys and the division of public
    lands in the western region of the country

Northwest Ordinance of 1787--- legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the
     Northwest Territory and create a system for the admission of new states

Northwest Territory--- lands including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin;
     organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Tariffs--- a tax on imports or exports

Interstate Commerce--- trade between two or more state

Popular Sovereignty--- the idea that political authority belongs to the people