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Cam's LA History
LA History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appeal | An appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law. The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court's decision. |
| Democracy | : government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
| Checks and balances | each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful. |
| Ratify | Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. |
| Ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order, : a law set forth by a governmental authority; specifically : a municipal regulation |
| Referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| Political Party | political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. |
| Initiative | a procedure by which a specified number of voters may propose a statute, constitutional amendment, or ordinance, and compel a popular vote on its adoption. b. the general right or ability to present a new bill or measure, as in a legislature. |
| Federal Republic | is a federation of states with a republican form of government |
| Articles of Confederation | was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. |
| Zouaves | The 72nd Pennsylvania wore a modified Zouave uniform, with Chausseur pants and jackets with little fancy trim. Their trademark was their vest and leggings. |
| chamberpot | a bedroom vessel for urination and defecation |
| Company of the West | It was a private bank, but 3/4 of the capital consisted of government bills and government accepted notes. Law was named the Chief Director of this new company, which was granted a trade monopoly of the West Indies and North America by the French gov't. |
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