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Brett's Vocab
Independence Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Depression | When the Economy slows down, and unemployment begins to rise. |
| Legislative Branch | The Legislative Branch creates new laws and changes existing laws based on the Bill of Rights & Constitituion. |
| Judicial Branch | Led by the Supreme Court, it decides if Executive Decisions are constitutional or not. |
| Executive Branch | The Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet that leads the country. |
| Bicamarel | The House of Representitives & Senate. |
| Republic | A type of Government where citizens elect leaders to decide decisions for the nation. |
| Depreciate | When the value of money goes down. |
| Ordinance | A law decided by local government. |
| Amendment | A change, addition, or edit of the constitution. |
| Federalism | Where power is divided by branches of government. |
| Checks & Balances | Where branches of government make sure that the other branches are staying within the constitution & bill of rights. |
| Electoral College | The people who help assist in elections. |
| Compromise | A agreement between the two parties. |
| Proportional | Each Political Party has a certain proportion of seats in the legislature |
| Manumission | Slaves became free. |