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Social Studies Final Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Immigrant A person who settles in a new country.
Immigrate To settle in a new country.
Emigrate To leave a home country.
Habeas Corpus a writ of habeas corpus is a legal order. It protects people from being held in prison or jail without formal charges of a crime.
Elastic Clause Allows future generations to expand the meaning of the constitution.
Impeachment The process of accusing a public officer of wrong doing.
Quorum The minimum number of members that must be present for official business to take place.
Indictment a written statement used by a grand jury charging a person with a crime.
Enumeration An official count, such as a census.
Federalist Supporters of the Constitution.
Anti-Federalist A person who opposed the ratification of the U.S Constitution.
States Rights Theory said that states had the right to judge when the federal government had passed an unconstitutional law.
Nullification The idea that a state could invalidate or "nullify" the federal law within the state.
Impressment The act of seizing by force.
Annexation To attach, append, or add, esp. to something larger or more important.
Abolitionist Someone against slavery.
Emancipation To free (a slave) from bondage.
Secede To withdraw.
Republic A government in which people elect representatives to govern for them.
Judicial Review The principle that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the constitution.
Ratification Official approval.
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