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SS unit 9 vocab quiz
Social Studies 8th grade Chapter 9 vocab quiz 1/4/13
Question | Answer |
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alien | a person who is not a citizen of the US |
amend | changed |
amerced | assessed |
amnesty | forgiveness |
Antifederalist | opposers of the Constitution |
appeal | take a case to a higher court for rehearing and possibly a new decision |
apportionment | the process of determining the # of representatives a county or a district may have in the legislature |
Articles of confederation | the first constitution of the US |
cabinet | advisers President Washington could consult about executive decisions |
Federalist | supporters of the Constitution |
incorporation | the legislature gave the town a seperate, legal status with its own town government |
judicial review | the power to exmaine laws to determine whether they were constitutional |
nulluification | the states had the right to refuse to obey and enforce a federal law that they thought was wrong |
ratify | approved by the state |
sedition | words of actions that encourage people to rebel against the government |
states' right | any power not specifically given to the federal government in the Constitution were reserved for the states |
tariff | a tax on imports |
unicameral | one-house, legislature or Congress |
U.S. Constitution | new document written by the convention |