1716729619 | disestablish | To withdraw exclusive state recognition/ support from a church | 0 | |
1716729620 | emancipation | The freeing of a slave | 1 | |
1716729621 | chattel | An article of tangible property; a slave | 2 | |
1716729622 | abolitionist | A person who advocated the abolition of slavery | 3 | |
1716729623 | ratification | The act of confirmation | 4 | |
1716729624 | bill of rights | A formal statement of the rights of the people | 5 | |
1716729625 | speculators (speculation) | a person who is engaged in commercial or financial contemplation, propoganda | 6 | |
1716729626 | township | A unit of local government found in most US states | 7 | |
1716729627 | territory | A region or district of the US not admitted to statehood | 8 | |
1716729628 | annex | To incorporate (territory) into a domain of a city, county, or state | 9 | |
1716729629 | requisition | A demand made | 10 | |
1716729630 | foreclosure | The act of confiscating one's property | 11 | |
1716729631 | quorum | The number of members of a group required to present a business legally | 12 | |
1716729632 | anarchy | a state or society without any form of government or law | 13 | |
1716729633 | bicameral | a governmental system having two branches or houses as a legislative body | 14 | |
1716729634 | unicameral | A governmental system having one branch or house as a legislative system | 15 | |
1716729635 | census | An official count of population | 16 | |
1716729636 | public debt | The accumulation of the debt owed by a country and its people | 17 | |
1716729637 | cabinet | An advisatory body to the president | 18 | |
1716729638 | circuit court | The court of general jurisdiction in a number of the US states | 19 | |
1716729639 | fiscal | Pertaining to the public treasury of revenues | 20 | |
1716729640 | assumption | Something taken for granted or supposed | 21 | |
1716729641 | excise | A tax on certain commodities levied on their manufactured sale or consumption within the country | 22 | |
1716729642 | medium of exchange | Anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services | 23 | |
1716729643 | despositism | the exercise of absolute tyranny/ authority | 24 | |
1716729644 | impress | To affect deeply or strongly in mind or feeling; influence in opinion | 25 | |
1716729645 | assimilation | The act/process of absorbing information/ experiences | 26 | |
1716729646 | witch-hunt | A rigorous campaign to round up those threatening the welfare of the public | 27 | |
1716729647 | compact | Designed to be small i size and economical in operation | 28 | |
1716729648 | nullification | The act or instance of declaring something legally void or inoperative | 29 | |
1716729649 | lame duck | A president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is ineligible to run for re-election | 30 | |
1716729650 | commission | A document granting a certain authority | 31 | |
1716729651 | writ | A formal order under seal issued under the name of the government issuing a command for someone to refrain from doing something | 32 | |
1716729652 | impeachment | An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." | 33 | |
1716729653 | pacifist | one who is in opposition of war or violence | 34 | |
1716729654 | consulate (consul) | a place where a government representative is stationed in a foreign country but not the main headquarters of diplomatic representation headed by an ambassador (the embassy). | 35 | |
1716729655 | cede | To surrender | 36 | |
1716729656 | precedent | an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action | 37 | |
1716729657 | secession | Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation | 38 | |
1716729658 | conscription | A military draft | 39 | |
1716729659 | embargo | A government order imposing a trade barrier | 40 |
American Pageant 14th edition Chapter 9, 10, & 11 vocab Flashcards
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