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Jack Tomlinson
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 | a state of feeling sad |
Manumission | the act or process of manumitting |
Proportional | corresponding in size, degree, or intensity |
Compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
Federalism | the distribution of power in an organization between a central authority and the constituent |
Legislative Branch | The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies |
Executive Branch | the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs |
electoral college | one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S |
Judicial Branch | The judicial branch is in charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution. The Constitution is the highest law of our Nation. The U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in |
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 (such as a constitution) by parliamentary or constitutional procedure |
Federalist | an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution and of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution |
Anti-Federalist | a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution |