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| bicameral | having two separate lawmaking chambers
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| republic | a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
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| ordinance | law
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| depreciated | fell in value
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| depression | a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.
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| manumission | the freeing of enslaved persons by individual slaveholders
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| proportional | having the proper size in relation to other objects or items.
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| compromise | an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
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| federalism | sharing power between the federal and state governments
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| legislative branch | lawmaking branch of government
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| executive branch | branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law and is headed by the president.
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| Electoral College | special group of government chosen to vote for presedent and vice president.
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| judicial branch | the branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law.
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| checks and balances | a system by which each branch of government limits the power of other branches.
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| amendment | a change, correction, or improvement added to a document.
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