Ch. 7 Vocabulary
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- constitution
- a plan of government
- bicameral
- two-house legislature
- republic
- a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
- petition
- to apply
- ordinance
- a law establishing procedure
- depreciate
- to fall in value
- depression
- a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
- manumission
- the freeing of individual enslaved persons.
- proportional
- corresponding to size
- compromise
- an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
- Enlightenment
- a movement in the 1700s that promoted knowledge, reason, and science as the means to improve society
- federalism
- sharing power between the federal government and the states' government
- article
- parts of the constitution that describes the powers and responsibilities of each branch
- Legislative Branch
- the lawmaking branch of government
- Executive Branch
- headed by the president and responsible for carring out the nations laws and policies.
- Electoral College
- they elect the president
- Judicial Branch
- the court system
- checks and balances
- keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power.
- ratify
- approve
- Federalist
- Supporters of the new Constitution
- Antifederalist
- those who opposed the new constitution
- amendment
- something added to a document