Chapter 9 vocabulary
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| 222175383 | disestablish | To separate an official state church from its connection with the government. (p. 167) | |
| 222175384 | emancipation | Setting free from servitude or slavery. (p. 167) | |
| 222175385 | chattel | An article of personal or movable property; hence a term applied to slaves, since they were considered the personal property of their owners. (p.167) | |
| 222175386 | abolitionist | An advocate of the end of slavery. (p. 167) | |
| 222175387 | ratification | The confirmation or validation of an act (such as a constitution) by authoritative approval. (p. 168) | |
| 222175388 | bill of rights | A list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society. (p. 168) | |
| 222175389 | speculator (speculation) | One who buys property, goods, or financial instruments not primarily for use but in anticipation of profitable resale after a general rise in value. (p. 169) | |
| 222175390 | township | In America, a surveyed territory six miles square; the term also refers to a unit of local government, smaller than a county, that is often based on these survey units (p. 174) | |
| 222175391 | territory | In American government, an organized political entity not yet enjoying the full and equal status of a state. (p 174) | |
| 222175392 | annex | To make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one. (p. 175) | |
| 222175393 | requisition | A demand for something issued on the basis of public authority (p. 176) | |
| 222175394 | foreclosure | Depriving someone of the right to redeem mortgaged property because the legal payments on the loan have not been kept up. (p. 176) | |
| 222175395 | quorum | The minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before it can conduct valid business. | |
| 222175396 | anarchy | The theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness or anti governmental disorder (p. 179) | |
| 222175397 | bicameral, unicameral | Referring to a legislative body with two houses (bicameral) or one (unicameral). (p. 179) |
