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HISTORY
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bicameral: | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers |
| Republic: | a government in which the power belongs to a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by the leaders and representatives elected by those citizens to govern according to law |
| Ordinance: | an authoritative decree or direction |
| Depreciate: | to lower in honor or esteem |
| Depression: | an act of depressing or a state of being depressed |
| 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 (such as a government) between a central authority and the constituent |
| Legislative Branch: | having the power or performing the function of legislating |
| Executive Branch: | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| Electoral College: | a body of electors |
| 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, override, or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power or power beyond its authority |
| Amendment: | the process of altering or amending a law or document (such as a constitution) by parliamentary or constitutional procedure |
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