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Chapter 7 vocab
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers |
| Republic | a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president |
| Ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction |
| Depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| Depression | an act of depressing or a state of being depressed: such as |
| Manumission | the act or process of manumitting |
| Proportional | a number or quantity in a proportion |
| Compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| Federalism | he distribution of power in an organization |
| Legislative Branch | belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as making laws, levying and collecting taxes, and making financial appropriations |
| Electoral College | one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S. |
| Judicial Branch | of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary |
| Check and Balances | a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power |
| Amendment | the process of altering or amending a law or document |
| Federalist | an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution and of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution6 |
| Anti-Federalist | a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution |
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