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Definition
Tariff   A tax on imported goods  
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Nationalism   Loyalty, pride and devotion to one's country  
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Boycott   An organized refusal to buy or use a product to express protest or to force action  
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Pluralism   A condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups exsist  
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Republic   A form of gov. in which the people exercise power through their chosen representative  
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Confederation   A group of states joined loosely for a common purpose  
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Constitution   A written plan of gov.  
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Bicameral   Composed of 2 legislative branches or chambers  
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Ratify   To formally approve  
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Diplomacy   The art or practice of handling international relations  
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Federalism   A division of power between the National gov. and the states  
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Judicial Review   The Supreme Court has the authority to determine constitutionality  
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Filibuster   the use of delaying tactics to put off action in a legislative body  
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Appropriation   setting aside a sum of money from the budget for a specific purpose  
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Theocracy   A gov. ruled by a religous authority  
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Sovereignty   the supreme power or authority that an independent country or state has within its borders  
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Urban/ Rural   City vs. country life  
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Agrarian   Having to do w/ the land, its ownership and its cultivation  
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Manifest Destiny   The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean  
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Secede   to withdraw formally from membership in an organization or alliance  
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Antebellum   Belonging 2 the time period before the civil war  
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Amnesty   a pardon 4 past offenses  
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Emancipation   to free from bondage, opression or restraint; liberate  
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Bias   A hostile feeling against a person that interferes w/ judgement; a prejudice  
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Demographichs   The statistical study of the human population  
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Civil War   Rights belonging to a person b/c of his or her status as a citizen or a member of society  
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Draft   a call to military service that is not voluntary  
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Segregated   the maintenance of separate facilities 4 members of different races  
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Vigilante   a group of citizens who, w/out authority, take pursuing and punishing suspected criminals  
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Depression   A period of drastic decline in the economy (loss of jobs, higher prices)  
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Industrial Revolution   a social and economic change that ouccurs when manufacturing shifted from people's homes to shops and factories  
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Entrepreneur   a person who organizes and assumes the risk of a business venture  
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Philanthropist   a person who promotes human welfare through the funding of beneficial public institutions  
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