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Chapter 7 Vocabulary
USA History
Term | Definition |
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Bicameral | Having two separate lawmaking chambers. |
Republic | A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives. |
Abandoned | To give up. |
Ordinance | Law. |
Clause | A special condition in a formal document. |
Depreciated | To fall in value. |
Depression | A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases. |
Manumission | The freeing of individual enslaved persons. |
Convention | Meeting |
Amend | To change or revise. |
Proportional | Having the proper size in relation to other objects or items. |
Compromise | A settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands. |
Reformation | A sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing the Protestant churches. |
Traditions | Longstanding cultural belief or practice. |
Federalism | Sharing power between the federal and state governments. |
Legislative Branch | Lawmaking branch of government. |
Executive Branch | Branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law; headed by the president. |
Electoral College | Branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law; headed by the president. |
Judicial Branch | Power of the court to judge whether or not actions of other branches are constitutional. |
Resides | To exist in. |
Checks and Balances | A system by which each branch of government limits power of other branches. |
Amendment | A change, correction, or improvement added to a document. |