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Ch 7 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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depression | a period when economic activity slows and |
unemployment | increases |
manumissions | the freeing of individual enslaved person |
convention | meeting |
proportional | having the proper size in relation to other objects or items |
compromise | a settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands. |
bicameral | having two separate lawmaking chambers |
republic | a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
ordinance | law |
depreciate | to fall in value |
abandon | to give up. |
clause | a special condition in a formal document |
Reformation | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing the Protestant churches |
federalism | sharing power between the federal and state governments |
legislative branch | lawmaking branch of government |
executive branch | branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law; headed by the president |
checks and balances | a system by which each branch of government limits power of other branches |
amendment | a change, correction, or improvement added to a document |
tradition | longstanding cultural belief and practice reside to exist in |
Electoral College | special group of electors chosen to vote for president and vice president |
judicial branch | the branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law. |