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vocabulary words
| 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 | a law set forth by a governmental authority |
| Depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| Depression | a period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment |
| 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 | often capitalized : the distribution of power in an organization between a central authority and the constituent |
| Legislative Branch | The legislative branch drafts proposed laws, confirms or rejects presidential nominations for heads of federal agencies, federal judges, and the Supreme Court, and has the authority to declare war. |
| Executive Branch | The executive branch carries out and enforces laws. It includes the president, vice president, the Cabinet, executive departments, independent agencies, and other boards, commissions, and committees. |
| 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. |
| Check and Balances | Checks and balances, principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share 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 |
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