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TwConstitution Vocab
Constitution words needed to know
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | The body of people that run a country, state, etc. |
| Constitution | A written plan of a government |
| Governor | Elected official who is head of a state government |
| Legislature | The part of the government that make the laws |
| Bicameral | Two house legislature |
| Confederation | A loose union of states |
| Republic | A country in which the power is held by the people |
| Representative | Someone chosen to speak for others |
| Congress | Lawmaking body of the United States. |
| Unicameral | One house legislature |
| delegate | Someone appointed to speak for others. |
| ordinance | A local law usually in a state, city or, town |
| depression | A time of low economic activity when people stop spending money and business' close. |
| manumission | Freeing of individual slaves |
| rebellion | Go against the government |
| quorum | A agreed upon majority of a group needed to make decisions. |
| nationalist | Someone who wanted a strong National Government to hold power |
| states righters | Someone who wanted the power to remain in the state governments. |
| Federalism | Sharing of power between state and Federal governments. |
| Federalists | Someone who supported the constitution |
| Anti - Federalist | Someone who opposed the constitution |
| Federal, National, Central. | Synonyms that all stand for the government that oversees the country as a whole. |