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Vetter chapter 7
Vocabulary study tool
Term | Definition |
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bicameral | having two separate lawmaking chambers |
republic | a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives. |
ordinance | law |
depreciated | fell in value |
depression | a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases. |
manumission | the freeing of enslaved persons by individual slaveholders |
proportional | having the proper size in relation to other objects or items. |
compromise | an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants. |
federalism | sharing power between the federal and state governments |
legislative branch | lawmaking branch of government |
executive branch | branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law and is headed by the president. |
Electoral College | special group of government chosen to vote for presedent and vice president. |
judicial branch | the branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law. |
checks and balances | a system by which each branch of government limits the power of other branches. |
amendment | a change, correction, or improvement added to a document. |