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Chap 10 vocab
SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM!!!
Term | Definition |
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Three Branches of government | legislative, judicial, and executive |
ratify | to approve |
delegate | a person chosen to represent others |
checks and balances | System to not make one branch of government too powerful |
amendment | a change or addition to the Constitution |
inflation | where prices rise very quickly |
Articles Of Confederation | the first plan of government in the US |
Compromise | Settlement or agreement on an argument. |
Bill of Rights | amendments that replaced the Articles of Confederation |
reserved powers | powers that are left to individual states |
Federalists | Supporters of the National government |
Antifederalists | people opposed to the US Constitution |