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chapter 12
Term | Definition |
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unicameral | one house legislature |
bicameral | a legislature consisting of 2 parts |
federal system | pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states |
preamble | the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows. |
popular sovereignty | the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will. |
separation of powers | the principle or system of vesting in separate branches the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government |
checks and balances | limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview. |
amend | to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution |
suffrage | the right to vote, especially in a political election. |
segregation | the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group |
civil rights | rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, especially as applied to an individual or a minority group |
boycott | to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion |