Chapter 7 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| bicameral | government : having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers |
| republic | a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction |
| depreciate | to lower the price or estimated value of |
| depression | a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force |
| manumission | formal emancipation from slavery |
| 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 | the branch of government that makes laws |
| Executive Branch | the branch of government that executes the laws |
| Electoral College | a body of electors especially : one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S. |
| Judicial Branch | the branch of government that interprets the laws |
| checks and balances | a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power |
| amendment | the process of altering or amending a law or document (such as a constitution) by parliamentary or constitutional procedure |
| Federalist | an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution and of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution |
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