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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abjure | to renounce or retract |
| abrogate | to put an end to |
| abstemious | sparing or moderate in eating or drinking |
| acumen | keen insight |
| antebellum | before or existing before a war |
| auspicious | promising success |
| belie | contradict |
| duty | tax on imported goods |
| federalism | system in which governmental power is split between national and state governments |
| new jersey plan | plan to keep the Articles of Confederation, but make the central government stronger. proposed a single house legislature with equal representation |
| northwest ordinance | created a new territory north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi |
| popular sovereignty | rule by the people |
| recession | economic slowdown |
| separation of powers | having each branch of governments have different responsibilities |
| Virginia plan | proposed creating a national government with the power to make laws and raise money; proposed a two house legislature with one based on population |